An Web Betting Dictionary


Even though the actuality that web betting is now a many billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new bettors around the globe sign on daily to play at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web betting who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in internet wagering, and gambling on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and regulations of wagering:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is developed for the gamblers with remaining money.

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

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified value of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.

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

BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum value of money necessary to enroll in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out bet.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the initial 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 bet, but made after the hurler has arrived at her point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a number, or the first toss after a point has been arrived at.

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

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 events 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 referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 sets of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to wager on a group or player to succeed or position in a match.

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

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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