An Online Betting Cyclopedia


Despite the actuality that online gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new gamblers world-wide sign up every day to gamble at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online betting who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the jargon used in online wagering, and wagering on athletic event in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of gaming:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

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

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified amount of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimum sum of money necessary to enter a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to put a wager equal to but opposite of the initial bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has arrived at his number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to establish a number, or the 1st roll after a point is established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial 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 referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of three sets of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, indicating to bet on a team or player to win or position in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same amount as wagered, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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