An Online Wagering Encyclopedia
Regardless of the fact that internet betting is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new wagerers around the globe log on every day to wager at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web wagering who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the terminology used in internet wagering, and gambling on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and policies of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of her money into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required sum of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of money required to get in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a wager on par with but opposite of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has arrived at her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a number, or the 1st roll after a number has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the first two races of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of three groups of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, indicating to gamble on a group or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical amount as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.