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An Web Betting Encyclopedia

Regardless of the fact that online gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional wagerers world-wide sign on each day to gamble at web casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the terminology used in web gambling, and gambling on athletics in general. However, insight of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and regulations of betting:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of their money into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with additional money.

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

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

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

BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.

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

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a wager on par with but opposite of the opening bet.

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

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has ascertained his number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to arrive at a number, or the first toss after a point has been established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the 1st two events of the day.

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome 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 wager on any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

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

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

EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.