An Internet Betting Dictionary

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Regardless of the actuality that online wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional players around the world log in each day to wager at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web betting who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the terminology employed in web gambling, and betting on sports in general. In any case, insight of these terms is essential to understanding the games and policies of betting:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her money into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with additional money.

ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same race.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required number of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimal amount of money necessary to appear in a match or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously made wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet equal to but opposite of the opening bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has arrived at their point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to arrive at a number, or the initial toss after a point is arrived at.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial 2 events of the day.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result 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 bet on any of three sets of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.

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

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

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.