An Internet Gambling Glossary

Friday, 20. November 2009

[ English ]

Despite the actuality that web betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new gamblers world-wide sign on daily to gamble at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of internet gambling who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the terminology used in online betting, and betting on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is necessary to knowing the games and regulations of betting:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has put all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same event.

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required amount of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.

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

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

BUY-IN: The the least sum of money necessary to enroll in a match or tournament.

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to make a bet on par with but converse of the starting bet.

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

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has arrived at his number.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first two races of the day.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, meaning to bet on a group or player to win or place in an event.

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

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a grouping of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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