An Web Wagering Encyclopedia


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Regardless of the reality that online wagering is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional bettors around the world sign up each day to wager at online gambling halls, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the environment of web betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the terminology employed in online wagering, and betting on sports in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is essential to understanding the games and regulations of wagering:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the wagerers with remaining money.

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

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required number of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.

BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum sum of chips necessary to get in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously carried out wager.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to make a bet on par with but converse of the initial bet.

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

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

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to achieve a point, or the first toss after a point has been arrived at.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first 2 races of the night.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be lower 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-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, which means to bet on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical value as bet, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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

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