An Online Wagering Dictionary
Despite the reality that online gambling is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional gamblers world-wide sign on daily to bet at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak used in internet wagering, and betting on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and rules of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of their money into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary number of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of money required to appear in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager on par with but converse of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has achieved her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to arrive at a number, or the 1st roll after a point has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st 2 events of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be smaller than the smallest 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 3 groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, meaning to bet on a group or player to win or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical sum as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a race will finish in the absolute identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.