An Internet Wagering Encyclopedia
Even though the fact that internet betting is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional wagerers around the globe sign up each day to gamble at online gambling halls, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the world of online betting who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the dialect used in online gambling, and gambling on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these ideas is necessary to understanding the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of her money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the gamblers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified amount of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of money necessary to enter 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 game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a wager equal to but opposite of the initial bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has arrived at her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to ascertain a number, or the initial toss after a point is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first two events of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of 3 sets of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, indicating to gamble on a group or player to win or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same number as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.