An Online Betting Cyclopedia
Even though the fact that internet wagering is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional players world-wide sign up daily to bet at online gambling dens, there are additionally millions of new players to the environment of internet betting who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the jargon employed in internet wagering, and betting on sports in general. However, understanding of these terms is indispensable to knowing the games and policies of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of their money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary number of money into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler's cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of chips necessary to get in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a wager equal to but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the player has established her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to achieve a point, or the 1st toss after a number has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st 2 matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of three sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, which means to wager on a group or player to win or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same number as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact identical order as the bet - also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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