An Online Wagering Glossary
Even though the fact that internet gambling is now a many billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new bettors world-wide log in every day to play at online gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online gambling who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the terminology employed in internet betting, and gambling on sports in general. However, understanding of these terms is necessary to understanding the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of his chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary sum of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of funds necessary to get in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a wager on par with but opposite of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has established their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a number, or the first toss after a point has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first 2 matches of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of three sets of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, indicating to wager on a team or player to win or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical number as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in an event will finish in the absolute identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.