An Internet Wagering Cyclopedia
Even though the fact that web wagering is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new bettors around the world log in every day to wager at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the terminology employed in web wagering, and wagering on athletics in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to interpreting the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of their bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary sum of money into the pot beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of money required to enter a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the initial bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has arrived at their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a point, or the initial roll after a number has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial 2 races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager 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 wager on one or more of 3 sets of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, which means to gamble on a group or player to succeed or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same amount as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a race will finish in the exact same assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.