An Web Wagering Dictionary
Despite the actuality that internet gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new gamblers world-wide sign on every day to bet at internet casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in web betting, and wagering on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and policies of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has put all of their bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary sum of money into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of cash necessary to get in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a bet on par with but converse of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has arrived at their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a point, or the 1st roll after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial two matches of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of three groups of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same value 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 referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.