An Internet Wagering Cyclopedia

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Even though the reality that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of brand-new wagerers around the world sign up every day to play at online casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of web betting who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the terminology employed in online betting, and betting on athletics in general. However, understanding of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of wagering:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with remaining chips.

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical race.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a required sum of money into the pot beforeevery hand begins.

BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimal value of cash necessary to enroll in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager on par with but opposite of the first wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has achieved her point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to establish a number, or the first roll after a point has been achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the 1st 2 races of the night.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 categories of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, which means to gamble on a group or player to succeed or position in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same amount as gambled, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.