An Internet Wagering Encyclopedia
Even though the fact that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new bettors around the world sign up each day to play at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of web gambling who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the catchphrases used in web betting, and gambling on sports in general. In any case, understanding of these ideas is essential to comprehending the games and codes of betting:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of his money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required amount of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet 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 twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of money necessary to appear in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the player has ascertained his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a number, or the initial toss after a number has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial two races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager 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 wager on one or more of three groups of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, which means to gamble on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same amount as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a race will finish in the absolute identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a group of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.