An Internet Betting Cyclopedia
Despite the reality that online betting is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new bettors world-wide sign up daily to play at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online wagering who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the catchphrases employed in online gambling, and betting on athletic event in general. In any case, understanding of these terms is indispensable to knowing the games and regulations of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of their bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the bettors with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required amount of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of chips required to appear in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet equal to but opposite of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has established their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to ascertain a number, or the 1st roll after a number has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st two events of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to gamble on a team or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical value as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a grouping of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.