An Internet Betting Encyclopedia

Even though the fact that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new players around the world log in daily to gamble at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of online betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the dialect employed in web betting, and betting on athletic event in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is essential to knowing the games and regulations of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is developed for the players with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same race.

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary number of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimum amount of funds required to enter a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made bet.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet equal to but converse of the opening 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 made after the shooter has ascertained her point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a number, or the first toss after a point has been established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first two 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 any of three categories of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same amount as bet, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the exact identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a grouping of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.