An Internet Betting Encyclopedia


Even though the reality that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional wagerers around the globe sign on every day to wager at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of internet wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the terminology used in web wagering, and gambling on sports in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to understanding the games and codes of play:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of his chips into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same race.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary sum of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least sum of cash required to get in a game or tournament.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager on par with but converse of the starting bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the player has established their number.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first 2 matches of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action 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 three sets of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, which means to wager on a group or player to win or medal in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same sum as wagered, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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