An Web Wagering Encyclopedia


Even though the reality that online wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of brand-new players world-wide log in each day to wager at web casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of online wagering who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the catchphrases used in online wagering, and gambling on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and policies of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of her money into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with remaining chips.

ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same event.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required sum of money into the pot beforeevery hand starts.

BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least sum of cash necessary to appear in a match or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out wager.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

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

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has arrived at her point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a point, or the first toss after a point has been achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the numbers on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial two events of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, meaning to wager on a team or player to succeed or medal in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical amount as gambled, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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