An Internet Wagering Encyclopedia

Despite the fact that online betting is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new gamblers around the world sign on daily to play at online casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of online betting who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the dialect employed in online wagering, and wagering on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is necessary to knowing the games and codes of play:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with additional money.

ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical contest.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a required amount of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.

BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of chips required to enroll in a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior carried out bet.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the first bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has established his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to arrive at a point, or the first roll after a point has been established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the spots on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the 1st two matches of the night.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event 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 three categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, 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 wager that pays the identical sum as gambled, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute identical assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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


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