An Web Wagering Encyclopedia

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Regardless of the actuality that internet wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new wagerers around the globe sign on every day to bet at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of web betting who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the terminology used in online wagering, and betting on athletics in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is necessary to knowing the games and rules of gaming:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with remaining money.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified sum of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least sum of cash required to enroll in a game or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a prior carried out wager.

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a wager equal to but opposite of the starting wager.

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

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has arrived at her point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to establish a point, or the initial roll after a point has been achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the numbers on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first two races of the day.

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action 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 groups of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, meaning to bet on a team or player to win or medal in a game.

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

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the absolute identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.