An Online Gambling Encyclopedia
Regardless of the actuality that online betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new wagerers world-wide log in each day to wager at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online gambling who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the catchphrases used in internet betting, and wagering on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is necessary to comprehending the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her money into the pot. A second pot is developed for the wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary figure of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of money necessary to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a prior carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not 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 first bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the hurler has established her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to arrive at a point, or the first toss after a number is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the first 2 events of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result 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 wager on one or more of three groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to gamble on a team or player to win or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical sum as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in an event will finish in the exact same assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.