An Online Wagering Cyclopedia


Even though the fact that online betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional players around the globe log in each day to bet at internet casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of online betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak employed in internet wagering, and betting on sports in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and rules of gambling:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is developed for the wagerers with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same event.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary figure of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

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

BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimal sum of cash required to appear in a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior carried out wager.

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

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

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

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at their point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial 2 events 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 gamble on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, which means to gamble on a team or player to succeed or place in a match.

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

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a race will finish in the exact same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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