An Internet Gambling Dictionary


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Despite the actuality that online betting is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new gamblers around the globe sign up each day to bet at internet casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online betting who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the catchphrases employed in internet wagering, and betting on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and rules of play:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

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

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

ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified value of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.

BUY-IN: The the least value of money necessary to appear in a game or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players 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 game.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has ascertained their point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to arrive at a number, or the first toss after a point has been established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st two matches of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, meaning to wager on a team or player to succeed or place in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical amount as gambled, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a contest will finish in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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