An Internet Betting Cyclopedia
Regardless of the actuality that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional bettors around the globe sign up daily to gamble at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of web gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the dialect used in internet betting, and wagering on sports in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is necessary to understanding the games and codes of betting:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of his money into the pot. A side pot is created for the players with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified sum of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary 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 player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of funds necessary to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet on par with but converse of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has arrived at their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to arrive at a point, or the first toss after a number is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial two races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action 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 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, indicating to gamble on a group or player to succeed or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical amount as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a match will finish in the exact same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.