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An Online Wagering Dictionary
Despite the reality that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new players around the globe log on every day to play at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the terminology employed in web wagering, and gambling on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is necessary to comprehending the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of funds required to appear in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a bet on par with but opposite of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has ascertained his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a point, or the initial roll after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill 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 roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 races of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest 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 twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to wager on a team or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical sum as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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