An Internet Gambling Cyclopedia
Regardless of the reality that internet gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new wagerers around the globe sign up daily to wager at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the doublespeak used in internet wagering, and wagering on sports in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and policies of wagering:
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 numerous horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required figure of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of chips necessary to enter a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has established their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to arrive at a point, or the first roll after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st two races of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of three sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, which means to wager on a group or player to win or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same number as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a contest will finish in the absolute identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.