An Internet Gambling Dictionary
by Ashlyn on Nov.05, 2009, under Casino
Regardless of the actuality that web wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional wagerers world-wide log on every day to gamble at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet betting who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the jargon employed in web gambling, and betting on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to knowing the games and policies of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the wagerers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary value of chips into the pot beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of funds necessary to get in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet on par with but opposite of the initial bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has established her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a point, or the 1st roll after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 events of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to gamble on a team or player to succeed or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical amount as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a match will finish in the absolute same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a block of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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