An Internet Betting Glossary
Despite the fact that web gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new gamblers world-wide log on daily to gamble at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of online betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak used in web wagering, and betting on sports in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and codes of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary value of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of cash required to appear in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet on par with but converse of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has arrived at his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a point, or the first roll after a number is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial two races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager 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 groups of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to bet on a group or player to succeed or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same value as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a race will finish in the absolute identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a grouping of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.