An Internet Wagering Encyclopedia

Tuesday, 24. January 2017

[ English ]

Despite the fact that online wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional gamblers world-wide log in each day to gamble at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak used in web gambling, and gambling on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is necessary to understanding the games and policies of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of his money into the pot. A second pot is created for the wagerers with additional money.

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

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required sum of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.

BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum sum of funds necessary to get in a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet on par with but converse of the leading bet.

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

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has ascertained their number.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the squares 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 winners of the 1st 2 events of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome 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 wager on any of three categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, which means to gamble on a group or player to succeed or medal in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical amount as bet, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a race will finish in the exact identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a block of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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