An Web Wagering Encyclopedia
Regardless of the fact that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional bettors around the world sign up each day to bet at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online betting who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the terminology used in internet betting, and wagering on sports in general. In any case, knowledge of these ideas is essential to comprehending the games and codes of play:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of her money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the wagerers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified value of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of cash required to appear 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 remain in the match and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to make a bet 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, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has established his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to arrive at a point, or the first roll after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the 1st 2 matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, which means to gamble on a team or player to succeed or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical value as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will finish in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.