An Online Wagering Cyclopedia
Even though the actuality that internet wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of brand-new wagerers around the world log in each day to bet at internet casinos, there are additionally millions of newbies to the world of online gambling who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the dialect used in online betting, and betting on sports in general. However, understanding of these ideas is essential to knowing the games and policies of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified amount of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of cash necessary to enter a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a wager equal to but opposite of the leading wager.
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 made after the shooter has established his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a number, or the first roll after a point is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first two matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of three groups of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to gamble on a group or player to win or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical number as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.