An Online Betting Cyclopedia


Regardless of the reality that web wagering is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new bettors world-wide sign up every day to play at online casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of web gambling who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the dialect used in internet gambling, and wagering on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, insight of these ideas is necessary to interpreting the games and codes of play:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with remaining money.

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

ANTE: A poker term for placing a required figure of money into the pot beforeevery hand begins.

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

BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimal amount of funds necessary to enroll in a match or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.

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

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

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the player has arrived at his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a point, or the 1st toss after a point is ascertained.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first two races 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 wager on one or more of three sets of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to bet on a team or player to win or place in an event.

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

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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