An Online Betting Cyclopedia

Regardless of the fact that web gambling is now a many billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional gamblers around the world log on each day to play at internet gambling dens, there are additionally millions of newbies to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in internet gambling, and betting on athletic event in general. In any case, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to interpreting the games and codes of gaming:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical contest.

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified sum of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimal sum of money required to enroll in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already carried out bet.

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

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

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has ascertained his number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a point, or the first toss after a point has been established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the spots on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first two matches of the night.

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of three groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, indicating to bet on a team or player to win or medal in a game.

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

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact same assignment 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.