An Web Wagering Dictionary

Despite the reality that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new bettors around the globe sign on every day to bet at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of internet betting who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the catchphrases used in web wagering, and gambling on athletics in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and rules of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the wagerers with additional chips.

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary value of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The the lowest value of money necessary to enter a game or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made wager.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet equal to but converse of the initial wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has established her point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to ascertain a point, or the 1st toss after a point is achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the squares on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st two matches of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be smaller 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 3 sets of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to wager on a team or player to win or position in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same sum as bet, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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