An Online Wagering Glossary
Even though the fact that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional players around the world log in daily to wager at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who don't as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the doublespeak used in internet gambling, and gambling on sports in general. In any case, understanding of these ideas is necessary to knowing the games and policies of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of their bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary sum of chips into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a player's cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of chips required to enter a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager on par with but converse of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has arrived at his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to ascertain a point, or the 1st roll after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial 2 events of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, which means to bet on a group or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical number as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a contest will finish in the absolute same order as the bet - also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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