An Internet Wagering Cyclopedia


Regardless of the fact that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new wagerers around the globe sign up each day to wager at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet gambling who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the doublespeak employed in internet betting, and gambling on athletic event in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and codes of gaming:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of their bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with additional money.

ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the identical race.

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified amount of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum sum of chips necessary to appear in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already made wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager equal to but converse of the initial wager.

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has ascertained his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a number, or the initial roll after a number is established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial 2 races of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 categories of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to gamble on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same number as wagered, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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

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