An Web Gambling Encyclopedia
Regardless of the actuality that internet gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new players around the globe sign on daily to gamble at internet casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the terminology employed in online wagering, and wagering on sports in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these ideas is essential to understanding the games and policies of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required figure of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a player's cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of funds required to appear in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a wager equal to but opposite of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has established her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a point, or the 1st toss after a point is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first two events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of three sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, which means to bet on a group or player to win or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical sum as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a race will finish in the exact same order as the bet - also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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