An Web Betting Cyclopedia

by Harold on January 19th, 2010

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Despite the reality that internet betting is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new wagerers around the world sign up every day to play at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of web wagering who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the catchphrases employed in online betting, and wagering on sports in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these terms is essential to knowing the games and rules of gambling:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of their bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the players with additional money.

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

ANTE: A poker term for placing a required sum of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of money required to enter a game or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a wager equal to but converse of the opening wager.

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

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

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to establish a point, or the 1st roll after a number has been established.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial two races of the night.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of three sets of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, which means to bet on a team or player to win or medal in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same sum as bet, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a match will finish in the absolute identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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