An Web Betting Encyclopedia
Regardless of the actuality that internet betting is now a many billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new bettors around the globe log in daily to play at internet gambling dens, there are additionally millions of newbies to the environment of internet gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the jargon employed in internet wagering, and betting on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and rules of wagering:
ACTION: Any style 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 additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required sum of money into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of chips necessary to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a bet equal to but opposite of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has ascertained their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to establish a point, or the first roll after a point has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st two events 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 one or more of three categories of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, meaning to bet on a group or player to win or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same sum as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a race will finish in the exact same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.