An Internet Wagering Dictionary
Despite the reality that web wagering is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional bettors around the world log in each day to play at online casinos, there are still millions of new players to the environment of web gambling who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the jargon employed in online gambling, and betting on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and policies of betting:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified number of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of funds required to enter a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager on par with but opposite of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has ascertained her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a point, or the initial roll after a number has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st two matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome 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 wager on any of 3 categories of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to wager on a group or player to succeed or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same sum as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.