An Web Wagering Cyclopedia


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Despite the reality that online gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new bettors around the world sign up every day to play at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web gambling who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the jargon used in web gambling, and gambling on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these ideas is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of wagering:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is developed for the players with additional chips.

ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical contest.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a required figure of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum amount of chips required to enroll in a match or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a wager on par with but opposite of the starting 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 made after the player has ascertained his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to arrive at a number, or the 1st roll after a point is established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.

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

DOWN BET: To bet that the result 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 gamble on any of 3 sets of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

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

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same number as wagered, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a match will finish in the absolute same assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a block of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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