An Web Wagering Glossary


Even though the fact that internet gambling is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of brand-new gamblers around the globe log on daily to play at online casinos, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the environment of web betting who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the terminology used in web betting, and wagering on athletics in general. However, understanding of these terms is essential to knowing the games and policies of wagering:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining chips.

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

ANTE: A poker term for placing a required sum of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.

BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum value of money necessary to enter a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously carried out wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a bet on par with but opposite of the leading bet.

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

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has achieved his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to arrive at a number, or the 1st roll after a point has been ascertained.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the 1st two matches of the night.

DOWN BET: To wager 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 gamble on one or more of 3 groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to bet on a team or player to win or medal in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical sum as gambled, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in an event will finish in the absolute 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, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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