Despite the actuality that online gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new players world-wide sign up daily to wager at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the catchphrases used in web gambling, and betting on athletics in general. However, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to knowing the games and regulations of play:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required amount of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of cash necessary to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet 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 bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a bet equal to but converse of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has arrived at their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to achieve a point, or the first roll after a number has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the 1st 2 events of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action 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 categories of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, meaning to bet on a group or player to succeed or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same value as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a match will finish in the exact same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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