An Online Wagering Glossary


Despite the fact that web wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new gamblers around the globe sign on daily to wager at web gambling dens, there are additionally millions of newbies to the world of internet gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak employed in online wagering, and gambling on athletics in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and codes of play:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

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

ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same contest.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a required number of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of money required to appear in a match or event.

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

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet on par with but opposite of the opening wager.

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

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has ascertained her point.

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

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 matches of the day.

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 bet on one or more of three groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, which means to wager on a team or player to win or position in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same number as bet, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in an event will finish in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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