An Internet Gambling Cyclopedia
Despite the actuality that web betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of brand-new players around the world sign on daily to bet at web casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak employed in online wagering, and gambling on athletics in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of his money into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required number of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of cash required to enter a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager equal to but converse of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a point, or the initial roll after a point has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first 2 events of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event 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 any of three sets of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, which means to wager on a team or player to win or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical amount as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.