An Online Betting Encyclopedia

Even though the actuality that web gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of brand-new bettors around the globe sign up every day to gamble at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web betting who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the catchphrases employed in internet gambling, and gambling on athletics in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is essential to understanding the games and codes of betting:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with remaining chips.

ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same event.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a required amount of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.

BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimal value of cash necessary to enroll in a match or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out bet.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager on par with but converse of the leading wager.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has established their point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a number, or the first roll after a point is achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the squares on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the first 2 matches of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action 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 bet on any of three groups of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, which means to wager on a team or player to win or place in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same number as bet, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a contest will finish in the absolute same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.