2015
08.27

An Online Betting Cyclopedia

[ English ]

Even though the actuality that online gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional players around the globe log on each day to wager at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the terminology used in internet betting, and gambling on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these ideas is necessary to knowing the games and codes of betting:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with additional money.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified amount of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a player’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of money necessary to get in a game or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously made wager.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a bet equal to but opposite of the initial bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has established her number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to ascertain a point, or the 1st roll after a number is achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the first two matches of the day.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three sets of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, indicating to bet on a team or player to succeed or place in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical amount as bet, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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