An Online Betting Dictionary
Monday, 9. November 2015
Even though the fact that web wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional gamblers around the globe sign on every day to play at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the dialect employed in online gambling, and betting on athletics in general. In any case, understanding of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and regulations of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has risked all of her money into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required number of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of cash required to get in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet equal to but converse of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has arrived at their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to establish a number, or the first toss after a point is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial 2 matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to bet on a group or player to succeed or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same number as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in an event will finish in the exact same order as the bet – 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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