An Web Betting Encyclopedia
Regardless of the actuality that online betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional wagerers around the world sign on each day to wager at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet betting who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the jargon used in web wagering, and wagering on athletics in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these ideas is essential to understanding the games and policies of betting:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary number of chips into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of cash required to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the player has established his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to ascertain a number, or the initial toss after a point is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares 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 pick the champions of the 1st two matches of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet 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 bet on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical amount as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a match will finish in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.