An Internet Gambling Cyclopedia


Despite the reality that online gambling is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional bettors around the globe log in daily to wager at online gambling dens, there are additionally millions of new players to the world of web wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the dialect used in online betting, and betting on sports in general. In any case, understanding of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and rules of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with remaining money.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required value of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The the least sum of funds required to enroll in a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously carried out bet.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place 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 game.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has ascertained her number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to arrive at a point, or the first roll after a number has been achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first 2 races of the tournament.

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 gamble on any of 3 groups of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to wager on a group or player to succeed or medal in a match.

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

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a contest will finish in the exact identical order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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

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