An Web Betting Encyclopedia
Despite the reality that web wagering is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new bettors world-wide log in every day to play at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of online betting who don't as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the jargon used in web betting, and wagering on athletic event in general. However, knowledge of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and regulations of play:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is developed for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary figure of chips into the pot beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player's cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of chips required to get in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to put a wager on par with but opposite of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the player has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to ascertain a number, or the initial toss after a point has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 sets of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to wager on a group or player to succeed or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same sum as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a contest will finish in the absolute same order as the bet - also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a group of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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