An Internet Betting Encyclopedia
Regardless of the actuality that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional wagerers around the world sign on each day to bet at web gambling halls, there are additionally millions of new players to the world of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the doublespeak employed in internet gambling, and wagering on athletics in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is essential to understanding the games and codes of play:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary amount of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of cash necessary to enroll in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a bet on par with but converse of the initial bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to arrive at a number, or the initial toss after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial two races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the smallest 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 three groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, meaning to gamble on a group or player to succeed or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same number as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in an event will complete the race 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 grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.