Jul 302007

Even though the fact that web betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new wagerers world-wide sign up every day to play at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online wagering who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the terminology used in online gambling, and wagering on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to knowing the games and codes of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of their money into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with additional money.

ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical event.

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required sum of chips into the pot beforeevery hand begins.

BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimal sum of cash necessary to get in a match or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior carried out 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: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay 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 hurler has achieved her point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to achieve a number, or the initial toss after a number is ascertained.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial two races of the night.

DOWN BET: To bet 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 one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, indicating to bet on a team or player to win or place in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical number as wagered, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a match will finish in the absolute same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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