An Internet Gambling Glossary


Even though the actuality that online betting is now a many billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new players around the world sign on every day to play at internet casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of online gambling who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the dialect employed in internet betting, and wagering on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and policies of gambling:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has risked all of his chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the gamblers with remaining chips.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimal amount of chips necessary to enter a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously made bet.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.

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

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

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has achieved their number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to achieve a number, or the initial toss after a number has been achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the spots on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the 1st 2 races of the day.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result 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 bet on one or more of three categories of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, meaning to bet on a group or player to win or position in a match.

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

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will finish in the absolute identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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

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