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An Online Betting Dictionary

Even though the fact that online betting is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new wagerers around the world sign up every day to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web gambling who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the terminology employed in web wagering, and betting on sports in general. In any case, understanding of these ideas is indispensable to interpreting the games and regulations of play:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the players with additional money.

ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical event.

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

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

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

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

CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a prior made bet.

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

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

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 wager, but carried out after the player has established their point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the 1st two races of the day.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event will be smaller 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 three groups of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, meaning to wager on a team or player to succeed or medal in a game.

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

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a contest 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 made on a grouping of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.