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An Internet Wagering Cyclopedia

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Despite the actuality that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional gamblers around the globe sign on every day to wager at internet casinos, there are additionally millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in web gambling, and wagering on athletic event in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to knowing the games and rules of play:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of his chips into the pot. A second pot is created for the gamblers with additional chips.

ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical contest.

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required value of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.

BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a player’s cards total over 21.

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

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.

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

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the player has arrived at his number.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the numbers on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose 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 wager on any of three groups of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, which means to wager on a group or player to succeed or position in a game.

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

EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the absolute same assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a block of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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