An Internet Betting Glossary
Despite the fact that web wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional wagerers around the world log on every day to bet at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet betting who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the doublespeak employed in internet wagering, and betting on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these ideas is essential to understanding the games and rules of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has deposited all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is developed for the bettors with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary sum of money into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of funds necessary to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a prior made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a wager equal to but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the player has ascertained his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to ascertain a point, or the initial roll after a point has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first two races of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to gamble on a team or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical value as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a contest will finish in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.