An Online Gambling Glossary


Despite the fact that online betting is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new wagerers world-wide sign on daily to play at web casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in web wagering, and wagering on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is necessary to comprehending the games and regulations of play:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with additional chips.

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical contest.

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary number of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.

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

BUY-IN: The the lowest 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 without wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet 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 one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has established her number.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the numbers on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial two matches of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

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

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

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a match will finish in the exact same assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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

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