An Online Gambling Cyclopedia
Regardless of the actuality that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of brand-new bettors around the world sign on daily to gamble at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of internet gambling who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the terminology employed in internet gambling, and wagering on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is essential to understanding the games and rules of play:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of their money into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary value of chips into the pot beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of money required to enter a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager equal to but converse of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has arrived at their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to arrive at a point, or the 1st toss after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the initial two matches of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, meaning to bet on a team or player to succeed or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same value as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a match will finish in the exact same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.