An Internet Wagering Glossary
Regardless of the fact that internet wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new wagerers world-wide log on each day to bet at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in internet gambling, and wagering on sports in general. In any case, understanding of these terms is indispensable to knowing the games and policies of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of his money into the pot. A second pot is created for the wagerers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required value of chips into the pot beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of chips required to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to put 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 game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to ascertain a number, or the initial toss after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st two matches of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of three sets of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, indicating to gamble on a group or player to win or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same amount as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will complete the race in the absolute identical assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.