An Web Betting Dictionary
Despite the actuality that online wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new players world-wide log in daily to bet at internet casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the catchphrases used in online betting, and gambling on sports in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to interpreting the games and regulations of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of his money into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary figure of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of chips necessary to enter a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a wager on par with but opposite of the leading 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 carried out after the shooter has arrived at their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to ascertain a number, or the 1st toss after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result 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 one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, indicating to gamble on a group or player to succeed or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same sum as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will complete the race in the exact identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.