An Internet Wagering Encyclopedia
Despite the fact that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new gamblers around the globe sign on every day to gamble at web gambling halls, there are additionally millions of newbies to the environment of internet wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the terminology used in internet gambling, and betting on athletics in general. However, insight of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of play:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary amount of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of cash necessary to enter a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet equal to but converse of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has ascertained his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to ascertain a point, or the initial roll after a number has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial 2 events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be lower than the smallest 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 twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, meaning to bet on a team or player to succeed or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same sum as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.