An Online Betting Dictionary


Regardless of the fact that online gambling is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new gamblers world-wide log on each day to wager at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online betting who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the jargon employed in online betting, and gambling on sports in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is indispensable to knowing the games and policies of betting:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has deposited all of their bankroll into the pot. A side pot is developed for the wagerers with additional chips.

ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical race.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

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

BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of money necessary to get in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously carried out wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay 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 bet equal to but converse of the starting bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has ascertained his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to arrive at a number, or the initial roll after a point has been arrived at.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial 2 matches of the night.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of three sets of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, which means to gamble on a team or player to win or position in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same number as gambled, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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