An Web Wagering Cyclopedia


Despite the fact that online betting is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional players around the globe sign up every day to gamble at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web betting who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the doublespeak used in online wagering, and gambling on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and policies of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

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

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

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary number of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of money necessary to get in a match or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made bet.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

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

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the hurler has established her number.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the spots on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first two events of the day.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

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

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

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same amount as bet, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the exact same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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