An Internet Gambling Glossary
Regardless of the fact that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional gamblers world-wide log on every day to play at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of web wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in internet gambling, and betting on sports in general. In any case, insight of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and rules of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is developed for the players with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified sum of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least value of money required to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet equal to but converse of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to achieve a point, or the first toss after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 races of the day.
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 gamble on any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, meaning to wager on a group or player to succeed or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same sum as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a race will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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