An Online Betting Cyclopedia
Regardless of the reality that internet betting is now a many billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new bettors around the world sign on every day to wager at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online gambling who don't as yet have a clear understanding of much of the catchphrases employed in internet gambling, and betting on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified amount of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler's cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of cash necessary to get in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet equal to but converse of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the player has achieved his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to establish a point, or the initial toss after a point is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first two matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of 3 sets of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, meaning to bet on a group or player to win or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical value as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in an event will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the bet - also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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