An Web Betting Encyclopedia
Regardless of the reality that web betting is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of brand-new players world-wide log in every day to wager at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of web gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the terminology employed in web betting, and wagering on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and regulations of play:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of money required to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager on par with but opposite of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the player has arrived at his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to ascertain a number, or the first toss after a number is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first two events 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 known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of three sets of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to gamble on a group or player to win or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same amount as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will finish in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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