An Online Wagering Glossary

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Even though the actuality that internet gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new gamblers around the globe log on every day to wager at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web wagering who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the terminology employed in online betting, and wagering on athletic event in general. However, insight of these ideas is necessary to knowing the games and rules of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has put all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is developed for the players with remaining chips.

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

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified value of money into the pot beforeevery hand starts.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least amount of chips necessary to enter a match or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already carried out wager.

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

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager equal to but converse of the opening wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the hurler has established his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to arrive at a number, or the initial toss after a number has been arrived at.

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

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial 2 races of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to wager on a group or player to succeed or position in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same value as gambled, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a match will finish in the exact same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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