An Internet Gambling Cyclopedia
Despite the fact that online wagering is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new gamblers around the globe log in every day to play at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of web wagering who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the catchphrases used in web wagering, and gambling on sports in general. In any case, understanding of these ideas is essential to knowing the games and rules of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of her money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required figure of money into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of chips required to appear in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager equal to but converse of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has achieved his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to achieve a number, or the initial roll after a point is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st 2 matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of 3 groups of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, indicating to bet on a team or player to win or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same number as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a contest will finish in the exact identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.