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An Online Betting Encyclopedia

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Despite the reality that online wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional wagerers around the world sign up every day to play at online gambling dens, there are additionally millions of new players to the environment of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the terminology used in web wagering, and gambling on sports in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and policies of betting:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of his money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the gamblers with remaining chips.

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

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary figure of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimal amount of money required to enter a game or tournament.

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without wagering. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager equal to but opposite of the leading 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 made after the shooter has achieved their number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a number, or the initial roll after a number is ascertained.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the numbers on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first two races of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, which means to bet on a team or player to win or place in a match.

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

EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a match will finish in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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