Despite the reality that online gambling is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new wagerers world-wide log in every day to wager at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of online gambling who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the jargon used in online wagering, and betting on athletic event in general. However, insight of these terms is necessary to knowing the games and policies of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the wagerers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required value of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of cash required to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager on par with but converse of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to establish a number, or the first toss after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the 1st 2 matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 categories of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, meaning to gamble on a group or player to succeed or place in an match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same amount as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a event will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
May 19th, 2007
Francesca
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