An Internet Gambling Dictionary


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Despite the fact that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of brand-new bettors world-wide sign up every day to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of web gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak employed in internet gambling, and betting on sports in general. However, understanding of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of play:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is developed for the players with remaining chips.

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

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

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.

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

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

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the initial wager.

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has established his number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to establish a point, or the 1st roll after a number has been achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st 2 races of the night.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of three categories of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, meaning to bet on a team or player to succeed or medal in an event.

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

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a contest will finish in the absolute same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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