An Online Wagering Cyclopedia


Even though the fact that internet betting is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of brand-new players around the world sign on every day to play at online gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online gambling who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the catchphrases used in internet gambling, and betting on sports in general. However, understanding of these ideas is essential to interpreting the games and regulations of wagering:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of their money into the pot. A side pot is developed for the wagerers with additional chips.

ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same event.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required sum of money into the pot beforeevery hand starts.

BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimum amount of cash necessary to enter a game or tournament.

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

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet equal to but opposite of the initial wager.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has established their point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to arrive at a number, or the initial roll after a number is established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the squares on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial 2 events of the day.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, meaning to wager on a group or player to win or place in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical number as gambled, ( 1-1 ).

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

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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