An Online Gambling Encyclopedia
Even though the fact that online wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new gamblers world-wide sign on each day to wager at online casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the catchphrases used in internet betting, and wagering on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and policies of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary figure of chips into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of money necessary to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a bet on par with but opposite of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has achieved their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to ascertain a number, or the first roll after a point has been established.
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 loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial 2 races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of three sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, meaning to bet on a team or player to win or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same number as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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