An Internet Wagering Glossary


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Even though the fact that internet wagering is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new wagerers around the globe sign on every day to bet at web gambling halls, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the world of web gambling who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the dialect used in internet gambling, and gambling on athletics in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of betting:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of her money into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with additional chips.

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

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required value of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimal value of money required to appear in a game or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already made wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the initial bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has arrived at her number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to establish a number, or the initial roll after a number is ascertained.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial two matches of the night.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result 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 gamble on one or more of three groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, which means to wager on a team or player to succeed or medal in an event.

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

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a race will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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