An Online Gambling Cyclopedia
Despite the reality that web gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new bettors around the globe log on each day to gamble at internet casinos, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the environment of internet wagering who don't as yet have a good understanding of much of the catchphrases used in web wagering, and betting on sports in general. Nonetheless, insight of these ideas is indispensable to understanding the games and policies of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of their bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the players with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary amount of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler's cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of cash required to enter a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match 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 wager equal to but opposite of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has ascertained his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to achieve a point, or the 1st toss after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st two races of the day.
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 bet on any of three categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to bet on a team or player to succeed or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same amount as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a match will finish in the absolute same order as the bet - also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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