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An Internet Gambling Glossary

Regardless of the reality that online betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional wagerers around the world sign up each day to bet at online casinos, there are still millions of new players to the environment of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the jargon employed in internet wagering, and betting on athletic event in general. In any case, insight of these terms is necessary to comprehending the games and codes of wagering:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

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

ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical race.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified figure of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.

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

BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimum value of chips necessary to get in a game or tournament.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a wager equal to but converse of the opening bet.

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

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has established his point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket 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 roll.

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

DOWN BET: To bet that the result 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 gamble on one or more of 3 categories of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

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

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

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

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a grouping of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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