An Online Betting Cyclopedia
Even though the actuality that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and countless thousands of brand-new players around the globe sign on daily to gamble at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online gambling who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the dialect employed in internet gambling, and wagering on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to understanding the games and policies of play:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has deposited all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary amount of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of chips required to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet on par with but opposite of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet 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 ascertained her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to establish a number, or the initial toss after a number has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first 2 matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of three categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical sum as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a grouping of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.