An Internet Wagering Dictionary
Despite the fact that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional bettors around the world log on each day to gamble at online casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet betting who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the terminology employed in internet gambling, and betting on sports in general. However, insight of these terms is essential to understanding the games and rules of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the players with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified value of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of cash required to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager equal to but converse of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has established his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to achieve a point, or the initial toss after a number is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the 1st 2 events 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 known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, which means to gamble on a team or player to succeed or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same value as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a race will finish in the absolute identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
