An Internet Wagering Glossary

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Even though the fact that internet gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new gamblers around the globe log on every day to play at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of online betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the jargon employed in internet gambling, and gambling on athletics in general. However, insight of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and rules of betting:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the wagerers with additional chips.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary amount of money into the pot beforeeach hand begins.

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

BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.

BUY-IN: The the lowest value of chips necessary to appear in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously carried out wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

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

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

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

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a point, or the initial roll after a point is established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st 2 races of the night.

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event 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 any of three categories of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, meaning to bet on a group or player to win or position in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same sum as wagered, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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


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