An Online Betting Encyclopedia
Regardless of the actuality that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional wagerers around the globe log on daily to wager at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the terminology used in online betting, and gambling on athletics in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is essential to understanding the games and codes of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the gamblers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary amount of chips into the pot beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of chips required to get in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet on par with but converse of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the player has established their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to ascertain a number, or the 1st toss after a point has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first two matches of the night.
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 wager on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, indicating to gamble on a group or player to win or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same value as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a match will finish in the exact identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.