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An Online Betting Dictionary

Even though the fact that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional bettors around the globe sign on every day to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the terminology employed in internet wagering, and betting on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is necessary to knowing the games and policies of betting:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of his chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with additional chips.

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

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified value of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.

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

BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimal amount of funds required to enroll in a match or event.

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

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

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

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has established her point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st two events of the tournament.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, which means to wager on a group or player to succeed or position in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical sum as wagered, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a race will finish in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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