An Internet Wagering Glossary


Even though the fact that online betting is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of brand-new wagerers world-wide sign up daily to gamble at online casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the doublespeak used in online gambling, and betting on athletic event in general. However, understanding of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and regulations of gaming:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the gamblers with additional chips.

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same race.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary sum of money 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 lowest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.

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

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

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

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

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has ascertained their number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to ascertain a point, or the initial roll after a number has been ascertained.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

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

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

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three categories of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, indicating to bet on a group or player to succeed or medal in a match.

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

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

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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