Regardless of the fact that online betting is now a many billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional wagerers world-wide sign on daily to play at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak employed in web wagering, and wagering on sports in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is necessary to comprehending the games and policies of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary amount of money into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of money necessary to appear in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet on par with 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, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has achieved her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to arrive at a point, or the 1st toss after a number has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning 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 roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st two races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of three sets of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, indicating to wager on a team or player to succeed or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical amount as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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