An Web Wagering Glossary

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Regardless of the reality that web wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of brand-new wagerers around the globe log in every day to gamble at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online betting who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the jargon used in online wagering, and betting on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and rules of play:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

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

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

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified sum of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The the least value of cash required to enter a game or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already made wager.

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet on par with but converse of the starting bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has established their point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to achieve a number, or the initial roll after a number is ascertained.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the 1st two races of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be lower 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 groups of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, indicating to wager on a group or player to succeed or position in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical number as wagered, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a match will finish in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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