An Online Wagering Cyclopedia
Even though the fact that online betting is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new players around the world log on each day to gamble at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the jargon used in internet gambling, and wagering on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, understanding 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 player 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 several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary figure of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of money required to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager on par with but converse of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has established his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a point, or the first roll after a number has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first two matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 categories of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, meaning to wager on a group or player to win or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same number as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.