An Web Wagering Encyclopedia


Despite the fact that online gambling is now a many billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of brand-new gamblers around the world log in each day to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of online betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the catchphrases used in internet gambling, and wagering on athletic event in general. In any case, understanding of these terms is essential to knowing the games and policies of betting:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of their money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with additional money.

ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical event.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified number of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.

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

BUY-IN: The minimal sum of chips required to get in a game or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior carried out wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager equal to but opposite of the initial bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has ascertained her point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to achieve a number, or the initial toss after a point is established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the initial 2 matches of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, which means to wager on a team or player to succeed or place in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical sum as bet, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute identical assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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