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An Online Wagering Dictionary

Despite the reality that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional wagerers around the globe sign on daily to gamble at internet casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak employed in online gambling, and wagering on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and policies of betting:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with remaining chips.

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

ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified amount of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

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

BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The the least amount of funds required to enter a match or tournament.

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

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

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

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

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

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

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

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first 2 matches of the tournament.

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

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

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, meaning to wager on a group or player to succeed or position in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical value as bet, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.