An Web Betting Cyclopedia

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Even though the reality that online wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new wagerers around the globe sign up every day to gamble at online casinos, there are additionally millions of newbies to the environment of online betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the catchphrases used in internet betting, and betting on sports in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and rules of betting:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with remaining chips.

ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the identical event.

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

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

BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimal amount of chips necessary to get in a game or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already made bet.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager equal to but opposite of the opening bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has achieved their number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to arrive at a number, or the 1st toss after a number has been achieved.

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

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st 2 races of the day.

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome 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 sports wager, which means to wager on a group or player to win or place in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical value as bet, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in an event will finish in the absolute identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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