An Web Wagering Cyclopedia


Regardless of the reality that internet betting is now a many billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of brand-new players world-wide sign on each day to play at web gambling dens, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the environment of online gambling who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in internet gambling, and wagering on sports in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and rules of wagering:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of their money into the pot. A side pot is set up for the players with additional money.

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

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary amount of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of money required to appear in a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out bet.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the initial bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

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

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a number, or the initial toss after a point is ascertained.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket 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 roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the 1st 2 races of the day.

DOWN BET: To wager 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 bet on any of three categories of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, meaning to gamble on a team or player to succeed or position in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same value as bet, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in an event 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 wager made on a grouping of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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