Despite the fact that online wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new wagerers world-wide log in daily to gamble at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online wagering who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the catchphrases employed in internet gambling, and wagering on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and rules of play:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of his money into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary figure of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of chips necessary to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet equal to but converse of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has ascertained her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a number, or the initial toss after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first two matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome 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 gamble on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, meaning to wager on a group or player to succeed or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical sum as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will finish in the exact identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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