An Internet Wagering Glossary
Even though the fact that web wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new wagerers world-wide log on each day to gamble at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of web wagering who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak employed in online gambling, and gambling on athletics in general. In any case, insight of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and policies of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the gamblers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified number of money into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of cash necessary to enter a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager on par with but opposite of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the player has achieved her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to achieve a number, or the initial toss after a point has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the 1st 2 matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, indicating to gamble on a group or player to succeed or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same sum as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a race will finish in the absolute identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.