An Web Wagering Encyclopedia


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Despite the fact that online betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional gamblers world-wide log on daily to bet at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of online gambling who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the jargon employed in internet gambling, and gambling on athletic event in general. In any case, understanding of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of wagering:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is developed for the wagerers with additional chips.

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

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

BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least value of funds required to enroll in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out wager.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager on par with but opposite of the first wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has ascertained his number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to establish a number, or the first roll after a number has been arrived at.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st 2 events of the night.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three sets of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, indicating to bet on a group or player to win or position in a game.

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

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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