Despite the fact that web gambling is now a many billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional bettors around the globe sign up each day to bet at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of online betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the doublespeak employed in web wagering, and betting on sports in general. However, understanding of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified sum of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least value of funds necessary to get in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any 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 arrived at his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a number, or the first toss after a point is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 groups of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to wager on a group or player to succeed or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical value as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
September 6th, 2009
Mohammed
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