An Internet Gambling Glossary

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Despite the actuality that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new wagerers around the globe log in every day to bet at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet gambling who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the dialect employed in online betting, and betting on sports in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is necessary to comprehending the games and policies of betting:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has risked all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the players with remaining chips.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required amount of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum sum of cash required to appear in a game or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet equal to but opposite of the leading wager.

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

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

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to achieve a number, or the initial toss after a number has been ascertained.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the numbers on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial two races 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 bet on one or more of three groups of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.

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

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

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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