An Online Gambling Cyclopedia
Despite the reality that web wagering is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of brand-new bettors world-wide log on daily to gamble at web casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online betting who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak used in web wagering, and betting on athletic event in general. However, insight of these terms is essential to knowing the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of his money into the pot. A side pot is created for the gamblers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified amount of money into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of money required to appear in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a wager on par with but opposite of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has arrived at her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to ascertain a point, or the 1st toss after a point has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial 2 matches of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 categories of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, which means to wager on a group or player to win or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical value as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a match will finish in the exact same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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