An Web Betting Cyclopedia


Even though the reality that internet gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of brand-new wagerers around the globe log in every day to play at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online wagering who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in web gambling, and gambling on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these ideas is necessary to interpreting the games and codes of betting:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

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

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

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 wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of chips necessary to enroll in a game or tournament.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.

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

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.

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

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first 2 events of the day.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event 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 gamble on one or more of 3 groups of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, which means to wager on a team or player to win or position in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same sum as wagered, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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