An Online Gambling Cyclopedia

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Even though the fact that web gambling is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new bettors around the world log in each day to wager at online gambling dens, there are additionally millions of new players to the world of web wagering who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the jargon used in web gambling, and gambling on sports in general. However, insight of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and regulations of gaming:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of his money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with additional money.

ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same contest.

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

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimal sum of chips required to enroll in a game 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 gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet equal to but converse of the opening bet.

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 made after the player has arrived at her number.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.

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

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

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 any of 3 sets of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to gamble on a group or player to win or position in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same value as gambled, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.


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