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An Online Wagering Encyclopedia

Regardless of the fact that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new wagerers around the world log on each day to wager at internet casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the catchphrases employed in web gambling, and gambling on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these ideas is necessary to interpreting the games and regulations of play:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is developed for the bettors with additional money.

ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the identical race.

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

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

BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least amount of money necessary to appear in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously made wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet on par with but converse of the opening wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has ascertained her number.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first 2 races of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action 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 bet on any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, indicating to wager on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical sum as gambled, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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