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An Online Wagering Encyclopedia
Despite the actuality that internet gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional players around the globe sign up each day to play at online casinos, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the world of web gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the catchphrases employed in online gambling, and betting on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and regulations of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has risked all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the players with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified value of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of chips required to enroll in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
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 roll to ascertain a point, or the first roll after a number is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the first two races of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action 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 bet on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, which means to bet on a group or player to succeed or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same number as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the exact same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.