2010
01.07

An Online Gambling Glossary

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Even though the actuality that internet gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new players world-wide sign on daily to gamble at internet gambling halls, there are additionally millions of new players to the environment of online gambling who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in web gambling, and wagering on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is indispensable to knowing the games and codes of gaming:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

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

ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same contest.

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified amount of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.

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

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

BUY-IN: The minimum amount of cash necessary to get in a match or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made wager.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet equal to but opposite of the opening bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has arrived at her point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the spots on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the 1st two events 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 three categories of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to wager on a group or player to win or medal in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical value as wagered, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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