An Online Wagering Glossary


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Regardless of the fact that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new bettors around the globe sign up every day to wager at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the jargon used in internet gambling, and betting on athletics in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to understanding the games and regulations of play:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the gamblers with remaining money.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary sum of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.

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

BUY-IN: The minimum value of money required to enroll in a match or tournament.

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

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a wager equal to but converse of the first bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet 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 player has ascertained their point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the spots on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an automatic loss 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 known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of three sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.

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

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

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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