An Internet Gambling Glossary


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Despite the fact that internet gambling is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional players around the globe sign up every day to gamble at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online betting who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the dialect used in internet betting, and wagering on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is indispensable to knowing the games and regulations of gaming:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of their chips into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with additional money.

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

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

BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum sum of cash necessary to get in a match or tournament.

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

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet on par with but opposite of the opening bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has arrived at her point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st 2 matches of the day.

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

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

EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, meaning to bet on a team or player to win or position in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same number as wagered, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in an event will finish in the exact same assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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