An Web Wagering Encyclopedia
Even though the fact that online wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional gamblers around the world sign on each day to wager at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet gambling who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the doublespeak used in online betting, and betting on athletic event in general. In any case, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to knowing the games and rules of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified number of chips into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of money required to appear in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to make a bet equal to but converse of the initial bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has established her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to arrive at a point, or the 1st toss after a point is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st 2 events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three categories of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, meaning to gamble on a team or player to win or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same amount as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the absolute identical assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a group of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.