An Online Wagering Encyclopedia


Despite the fact that online wagering is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional players world-wide log in daily to wager at online casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of web betting who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the terminology used in online gambling, and wagering on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these ideas is indispensable to comprehending the games and policies of gambling:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with remaining chips.

ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same contest.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified figure of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the lowest value of cash necessary to enroll in a match or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior made bet.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager equal to but converse of the starting wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has achieved his number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to establish a point, or the first toss after a point has been established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first two matches of the night.

DOWN BET: To bet 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 three groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, meaning to gamble on a team or player to win or medal in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical sum as gambled, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a match will complete the race 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, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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