An Internet Wagering Encyclopedia
Even though the fact that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and countless thousands of brand-new players around the world log on daily to bet at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of online wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the jargon employed in internet betting, and wagering on sports in general. In any case, insight of these ideas is indispensable to understanding the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified number of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of funds required to appear in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a wager on par with but converse of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the player has arrived at their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to achieve a point, or the 1st roll after a point has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial 2 events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest 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 twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, which means to wager on a group or player to succeed or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same amount as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a race will complete the race in the exact identical order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.