An Internet Betting Glossary
Regardless of the fact that web betting is now a many billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new bettors world-wide log on every day to play at online gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the environment of internet gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the jargon used in internet gambling, and gambling on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to knowing the games and codes of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of his chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified number of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don't win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player's cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of funds necessary to appear in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet equal to but opposite of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has ascertained her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a number, or the first roll after a point has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first two races of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of 3 groups of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, indicating to wager on a team or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical amount as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute identical assignment as the bet - also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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