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An Online Wagering Cyclopedia
Regardless of the reality that online betting is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new bettors around the world sign on each day to wager at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of online betting who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the terminology employed in online betting, and betting on athletic event in general. However, understanding of these terms is essential to understanding the games and policies of betting:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of their bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary sum of money into the pot beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of funds required to get in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to make a wager equal to but opposite of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the hurler has ascertained her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to arrive at a point, or the 1st roll after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the first 2 races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of 3 sets of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, meaning to bet on a group or player to succeed or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical number as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.