An Online Gambling Dictionary


Even though the actuality that web wagering is now a many billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new wagerers world-wide log in daily to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of online betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the catchphrases employed in online wagering, and betting on sports in general. However, insight of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and regulations of betting:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining chips.

ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same race.

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required amount of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least value of cash required to appear in a game or tournament.

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet on par with but converse of the first bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has ascertained her point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to arrive at a point, or the first roll after a number is achieved.

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

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the first 2 events of the tournament.

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 gamble on any of three sets of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, meaning to bet on a team or player to succeed or place in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical sum as gambled, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in an event will complete the race in the exact identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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