Posts Tagged ‘wager’

Calcutta Auction

Posted by Nicolae on October 28th, 2008 under Wagering guide
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A Calcutta Auction is an open auction held in conjunction with a golf tournament, horse race, or similar contest with multiple entrants. It is popular in Backgammon and is currently enjoying rising popularity for NCAA Basketball pools during March Madness.Bidding for each contestant begins in random order, with only one contestant [...]

Double Attack Blackjack

Posted by Nicolae on October 20th, 2008 under Blackjack, Blackjack Guide
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Double Attack Blackjack has very liberal blackjack rules and the option of increasing one’s wager after seeing the dealer’s up card. This game is dealt from a Spanish shoe, and blackjacks pay only even money.

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Point shaving

Posted by Nicolae on October 14th, 2008 under Sports betting guide
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Point shaving, in organized sports, is a type of match fixing where the perpetrators try to prevent a team from covering a published point spread. Unlike other forms of match fixing, sports betting invariably motivates point shaving. A point shaving scheme generally involves a sports gambler and one or more players [...]

Poker big bet

Posted by Nicolae on September 5th, 2008 under Poker, Poker terminology Guide
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In a fixed-limit poker game, a big bet (BB) is the larger of two fixed bet amounts. A big bet is used in the final rounds of a game to increase the pot amount and thereby enable the possibility of a bluff. Big bets are generally double the wager of the initial [...]

Punto Banco (North American Baccarat)

Posted by Nicolae on August 23rd, 2008 under Baccarat Guide, Rules, games
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In the United States, Australia and Canada, a variation of baccarat is played in which the casino banks the game at all times. Punters may bet on either the player or the banker, which are merely designations for the two hands dealt in each game.
The cards are dealt, one to the ‘Player’ first [...]

Big Six wheel

Posted by Nicolae on July 2nd, 2008 under Gambling Guide, Roulette and wheel games Guide, games
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The Big Six wheel is a gambling game based on a large vertical spinning wheel, similar to the wheel used on the television game show Wheel of Fortune. (The wheel used on the show is mounted horizontally, however.) The wheel is divided into sections, separated by spokes or pins. The wheel is [...]

Sportsbook

Posted by Nicolae on June 11th, 2008 under Football (Soccer), Sport, Sports Betting, Sports betting guide
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A sportsbook (sometimes abbreviated as book) or a race and sports book is a place where a gambler can wager on various sports competitions, including football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer, horse racing and boxing. The method of betting varies with the sport and the type of game. The more prominent the [...]

Hunting the gambling bonuses

Posted by Nicolae on May 13th, 2008 under Blackjack, Bonuses, Casinos, Online Gambling, Poker, Rules, Slots, Software, Sports Betting
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It is about a legal way to win, but take care! Such practice is considered an advantage gambling and, if the casinos see that you are a skillfull or knowledgeable player that can gain an advantage at blackjack by using the card-counting or shuffle tracking, at video poker by using a strategy [...]

Free online poker on Facebook

Posted by Nicolae on January 28th, 2008 under Online Gambling, Poker, Tournaments
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Ujogo is an application on Facebook for Texas Hold’em poker where no money is wagered and everyone starts with 1000 points. There are prizes and rewards and feature multi-table tournaments, and the possibility to play ring games and sit-n-go’s, as well as special jackpots and monthly leaderboard competitions.
There is [...]