An Online Gambling Encyclopedia
Regardless of the reality that web wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new gamblers around the globe sign on every day to wager at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the jargon used in online betting, and betting on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and policies of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of their bankroll into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary amount of money into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of cash required to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a wager equal to but opposite of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has arrived at her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a number, or the 1st toss after a point is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 matches of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of three sets of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, which means 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, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in an event will finish in the exact same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.