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An Web Gambling Dictionary
Regardless of the reality that internet betting is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of brand-new bettors around the globe sign on every day to wager at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the catchphrases employed in online betting, and gambling on sports in general. However, understanding of these terms is essential to knowing the games and codes of play:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is created for the gamblers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified amount of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of funds required to get in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a wager on par with but opposite of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has ascertained his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to establish a number, or the initial roll after a point is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial 2 events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest 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 three categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, which means to wager on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical value as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a race will finish in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.