An Online Gambling Encyclopedia

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Regardless of the actuality that internet wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of brand-new bettors around the globe log on every day to wager at online casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the jargon employed in internet wagering, and gambling on athletic event in general. In any case, insight of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and codes of play:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with additional chips.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified amount of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The the lowest value of money required to enroll in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously made wager.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a wager equal to but opposite of the initial wager.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has ascertained his number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a number, or the first toss after a number is achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the spots on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 races of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event 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 any of three sets of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to bet on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same 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 bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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