An Online Wagering Encyclopedia

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Regardless of the reality that online gambling is now a many billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional gamblers around the globe sign up each day to bet at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of online gambling who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the catchphrases used in internet betting, and wagering on sports in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and rules of wagering:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is created for the wagerers with additional chips.

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

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

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

BUST: You do not win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the lowest value of chips required to appear in a game or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a bet equal to but opposite of the leading bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more 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 her number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to ascertain a number, or the first toss after a point is achieved.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial 2 races 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 bet on any of three groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to gamble on a group or player to win or medal in an event.

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

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a race will finish in the absolute same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.