Despite the actuality that online betting is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional wagerers around the world log on each day to play at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of web betting who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the terminology used in web wagering, and betting on athletics in general. In any case, insight of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and regulations of play:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of his chips into the pot. A second pot is developed for the gamblers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary figure of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of money required to get in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has ascertained his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a point, or the 1st toss after a point is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first 2 races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome 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 any of three sets of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to gamble on a team or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same value as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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