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An Internet Betting Encyclopedia

Even though the fact that web betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new bettors around the world sign on every day to gamble at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the dialect used in online betting, and betting on athletics in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and regulations of betting:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of their bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the gamblers with remaining money.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required value of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.

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

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

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

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

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

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the first wager.

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

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

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to ascertain a point, or the 1st roll after a point has been achieved.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial 2 matches of the night.

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

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

EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, meaning to wager on a team or player to succeed or medal in an event.

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

EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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

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