An Internet Betting Cyclopedia


Despite the fact that online gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new gamblers around the world log in each day to gamble at online casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the catchphrases used in web wagering, and betting on athletic event in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and regulations of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

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

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified sum of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.

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

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

BUY-IN: The minimal sum of money required to enter a match or tournament.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.

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

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

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

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the first 2 matches of the night.

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 gamble on one or more of 3 categories of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, which means to wager on a group or player to win or position in a game.

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

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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