An Web Betting Glossary

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Even though the actuality that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional players around the globe sign up every day to bet at online casinos, there are still millions of new players to the environment of web wagering who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the dialect used in online wagering, and gambling on athletic event in general. However, knowledge of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and regulations of play:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

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

ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same race.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified figure of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum amount of chips required to enter a game or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a bet equal to but converse of the starting wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the player has established his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to achieve a number, or the first toss after a number has been ascertained.

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

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st two races of the day.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to gamble on a group or player to win or medal in a match.

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

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in an event will finish in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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