An Online Gambling Encyclopedia
Regardless of the reality that internet gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new gamblers around the world log on each day to bet at internet gambling halls, there are additionally millions of new players to the environment of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak employed in web betting, and gambling on athletic event in general. In any case, insight of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of her money into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified number of money into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of funds necessary to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager on par with but opposite of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet 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 his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a point, or the initial roll after a point has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial 2 events of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of three sets of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, meaning to gamble on a team or player to succeed or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same number as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.