An Internet Gambling Encyclopedia
Despite the reality that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new wagerers around the globe sign on daily to play at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of web betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in internet betting, and betting on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these ideas is indispensable to understanding the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the gamblers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required value of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of funds required to appear in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a bet on par with but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the player has ascertained his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to arrive at a number, or the 1st toss after a number has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial 2 matches of the tournament.
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 gamble on any of 3 sets of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to bet on a group or player to succeed or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same number as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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