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An Internet Wagering Dictionary

by Alex on Thursday, April 30th, 2009

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Despite the fact that web wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new wagerers around the world sign on daily to play at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the catchphrases employed in web gambling, and gambling on athletics in general. In any case, understanding of these terms is essential to understanding the games and codes of gaming:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

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

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

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required value of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimal amount of cash required to enter a game or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a wager on par with but converse of the initial bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has ascertained his number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to arrive at a number, or the initial roll after a point has been arrived at.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.

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

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 referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to gamble on a team or player to win or place in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same value as gambled, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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