An Web Wagering Encyclopedia

Thursday, 18. February 2016

Despite the fact that web wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional players around the globe log in daily to wager at web gambling dens, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the world of internet gambling who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the terminology used in internet wagering, and gambling on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these terms is essential to understanding the games and policies of betting:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same contest.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified amount of chips into the pot beforeevery hand begins.

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

BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimum value of funds required to appear in a game or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously made wager.

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

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

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

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has ascertained her point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st 2 matches of the day.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 sets of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to wager on a team or player to succeed or position in a match.

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

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a race will finish in the exact identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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