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An Online Gambling Glossary

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Regardless of the reality that online wagering is now a many billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new bettors world-wide log in each day to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of web betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the jargon employed in online wagering, and gambling on sports in general. However, understanding of these ideas is necessary to understanding the games and regulations of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has put all of their chips into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with remaining chips.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified amount of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.

BUY-IN: The the lowest value of funds necessary to enter a game or tournament.

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

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a bet on par with but opposite of the opening bet.

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

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out 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 number has been ascertained.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 matches of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be lower than the lowest 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 groups of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, indicating to gamble on a group or player to succeed or place in a match.

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

EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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

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