An Online Wagering Glossary


Even though the actuality that web wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of brand-new wagerers world-wide log on daily to wager at internet gambling dens, there are additionally millions of newbies to the world of web wagering who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in internet gambling, and wagering on athletics in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and rules of wagering:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of his money into the pot. A second pot is created for the gamblers with additional chips.

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

ANTE: A poker term for placing a required amount of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.

BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The the least amount of chips necessary to get in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made wager.

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

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

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has arrived at his number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to ascertain a number, or the first toss after a point has been established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 matches of the tournament.

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 known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 categories of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to wager on a team or player to succeed or place in an event.

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

EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a match will finish in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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