An Web Wagering Dictionary
Despite the fact that web wagering is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new bettors world-wide log in every day to play at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web betting who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the jargon employed in web betting, and wagering on athletic event in general. However, understanding of these terms is necessary to knowing the games and rules of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of their bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the gamblers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required number of chips into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of funds necessary to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager equal to but converse of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the player has achieved his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to ascertain a number, or the first toss after a point has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial two events of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the lowest 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 sets of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to bet on a group or player to win or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical sum as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.