An Internet Gambling Cyclopedia
Despite the fact that online gambling is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new bettors around the world log in every day to play at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the dialect used in web wagering, and wagering on sports in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to knowing the games and codes of play:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified amount of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least value of chips required to enroll in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a wager on par with but opposite of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has ascertained her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a point, or the first roll after a number has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial 2 events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to bet on a team or player to succeed or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical sum as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in an event will finish in the absolute same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a grouping of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.