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An Internet Wagering Glossary

Even though the actuality that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new gamblers world-wide sign up daily to bet at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online gambling who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the dialect employed in internet gambling, and gambling on sports in general. However, understanding of these terms is essential to understanding the games and regulations of play:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with remaining chips.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary value of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum value of cash necessary to enroll in a match or event.

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

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager equal to but converse of the first bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has ascertained his number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to establish a point, or the initial toss after a point is achieved.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st 2 races of the day.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

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

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

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the exact identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.