An Online Betting Cyclopedia

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Regardless of the reality that online betting is now a many billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional gamblers around the globe log in daily to play at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web wagering who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the catchphrases used in internet wagering, and betting on sports in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these ideas is essential to knowing the games and rules of play:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with additional chips.

ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical contest.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary number of chips into the pot beforeevery hand begins.

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

BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum value of chips required to get in a game or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a bet equal to but converse of the initial bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at his number.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial 2 events of the night.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, indicating to gamble on a team or player to win or medal in a game.

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

EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the exact same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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