An Web Betting Encyclopedia


Despite the fact that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new players around the world log on daily to wager at online gambling halls, there are additionally millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the doublespeak used in internet betting, and gambling on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these ideas is essential to understanding the games and rules of gaming:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of their chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical race.

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

BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least sum of funds necessary to get in a game or tournament.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager equal to but opposite of the first bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has ascertained his number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to arrive at a point, or the first toss after a number is ascertained.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 events 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 wager on one or more of 3 categories of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

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

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

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a grouping of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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