An Internet Gambling Encyclopedia
Regardless of the reality that web wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of brand-new wagerers around the world log on each day to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the doublespeak employed in internet betting, and betting on athletics in general. In any case, understanding of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and regulations of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of his money into the pot. A second pot is created for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary number of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of cash necessary to get in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a prior made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a bet equal to but opposite of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has ascertained their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to establish a point, or the 1st toss after a point is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the initial two matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome 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 wager on any of 3 categories of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, indicating to bet on a team or player to succeed or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical amount as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a grouping of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.