An Online Wagering Encyclopedia


Even though the actuality that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new players world-wide log on every day to play at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak employed in internet gambling, and betting on athletic event in general. In any case, insight of these ideas is indispensable to knowing the games and rules of wagering:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

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

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified amount of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least amount of funds required to enroll in a game or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior 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: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a wager equal to but converse of the starting wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has established her number.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first two races of the night.

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

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

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or position in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical value as wagered, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute identical assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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