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Regardless of the fact that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional gamblers world-wide log on each day to play at web gambling dens, there are additionally millions of newbies to the environment of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the jargon used in web gambling, and wagering on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these ideas is essential to understanding the games and rules of play:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of chips required to enter a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet on par with but opposite of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has ascertained her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a point, or the first roll after a point is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the first 2 events 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 gamble on one or more of three sets of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to gamble on a group or player to succeed or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical sum as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
