An Web Betting Dictionary
Despite the reality that online wagering is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new wagerers world-wide log on daily to play at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the terminology used in internet betting, and wagering on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to knowing the games and policies of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her money into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary figure of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of money required to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a bet on par with but converse of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has achieved her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a number, or the first roll after a point is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an immediate loss 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 wager on any of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, which means to gamble on a team or player to win or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical sum as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a match will finish in the exact identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.