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An Web Wagering Cyclopedia
Regardless of the actuality that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new gamblers around the world sign on daily to wager at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak used in online betting, and gambling on athletic event in general. In any case, knowledge of these ideas is essential to knowing the games and rules of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is developed for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified figure of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of money necessary to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet on par with but opposite of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has arrived at their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a point, or the initial toss after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the 1st two races of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome 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 gamble on any of three categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, indicating to wager on a team or player to win or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same number as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a match will finish in the absolute identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.