An Online Betting Glossary
Even though the reality that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of brand-new wagerers around the globe sign up every day to wager at online casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the dialect employed in online betting, and gambling on sports in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these ideas is indispensable to interpreting the games and policies of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of his money into the pot. A second pot is created for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary number of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of money required to appear in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager equal to but opposite of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has achieved his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to ascertain a point, or the 1st roll after a point is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial 2 matches of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of three sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, indicating to bet on a team or player to win or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same sum as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a block of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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