An Web Betting Cyclopedia
Even though the fact that online betting is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of brand-new bettors around the world log in each day to bet at internet casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web gambling who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the doublespeak employed in internet gambling, and wagering on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is necessary to understanding the games and rules of play:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of their money into the pot. A second pot is created for the bettors with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required sum of chips into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of chips necessary to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a wager equal to but opposite of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has ascertained his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a number, or the first roll after a number is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st 2 matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of 3 categories of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, indicating to wager on a team or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical number as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.