An Online Wagering Encyclopedia
Regardless of the reality that online gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new gamblers around the globe log on every day to bet at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak used in web betting, and wagering on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to comprehending the games and regulations of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of their bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the players with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified amount of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of cash required to appear in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a wager on par with but opposite of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has arrived at their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to arrive at a point, or the first roll after a point has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial 2 matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, indicating to wager on a team or player to win or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical value as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a race will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.