An Online Wagering Cyclopedia
Even though the fact that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new bettors around the globe sign up every day to play at web gambling dens, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the environment of web betting who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the catchphrases used in online wagering, and gambling on sports in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and rules of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has deposited all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the gamblers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary figure of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of funds required to get in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet on par with but converse of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has achieved her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to ascertain a number, or the initial toss after a number is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the spots 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 pick the winners of the 1st two races of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result 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 wager on any of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, meaning to wager on a group or player to succeed or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same sum as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the exact identical order as the bet – also known 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.