An Online Betting Encyclopedia
Despite the actuality that web wagering is now a many billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new bettors around the globe log on each day to bet at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of web wagering who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the catchphrases employed in online betting, and betting on sports in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these ideas is indispensable to understanding the games and regulations of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the gamblers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified value of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of funds required to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet 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 player has arrived at his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to ascertain a point, or the initial toss after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial two matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event 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 bet on one or more of three groups of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to bet on a group or player to succeed or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same sum as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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