An Web Gambling Encyclopedia
Even though the fact that internet gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new bettors around the world sign on every day to wager at web casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of internet gambling who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the jargon used in online betting, and gambling on athletic event in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is necessary to understanding the games and codes of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the players with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary number of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of money necessary to enroll in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager equal to but opposite of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has ascertained her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a number, or the initial roll after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the initial 2 races of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, indicating to wager on a group or player to succeed or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical number as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a race will finish in the absolute identical assignment as the bet – 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.