An Online Gambling Encyclopedia


Despite the fact that online wagering is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of brand-new wagerers around the globe sign up each day to gamble at internet casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web betting who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the terminology employed in online betting, and betting on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, insight of these ideas is essential to understanding the games and policies of play:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the wagerers with remaining money.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified amount of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

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

BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of funds necessary to enter a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made bet.

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

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

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has arrived at their point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first two events of the night.

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 gamble on any of three groups of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, which means to wager on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same amount as wagered, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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