An Online Wagering Encyclopedia
Despite the reality that internet betting is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new bettors world-wide sign up every day to gamble at online casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online wagering who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak used in online wagering, and wagering on athletic event 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 player has risked all of his money into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified sum of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of cash required to get in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet on par with but converse of the initial bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has achieved their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to establish a point, or the first toss after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial two matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet 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 3 categories of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to bet on a team or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same number as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a contest will finish in the exact identical order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.