An Web Wagering Encyclopedia
Despite the actuality that online wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional wagerers around the globe sign up every day to wager at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online wagering who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the terminology used in online wagering, and betting on athletic event in general. In any case, understanding of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required figure of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of cash required to get in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to make a bet equal to but opposite of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the player has ascertained his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to establish a number, or the 1st roll after a point has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the first 2 events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of three categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, indicating to bet on a team or player to win or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical value as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.