An Online Betting Cyclopedia

Despite the reality that web betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional gamblers around the globe sign up each day to wager at internet casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of online betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the jargon employed in internet betting, and betting on athletic event in general. However, insight of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and rules of betting:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of their money into the pot. A side pot is developed for the wagerers with additional money.

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

ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary number of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.

BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.

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

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

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

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

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

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has achieved their point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the squares on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial 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 gamble on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, which means to bet on a group or player to succeed or place in an event.

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

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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

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