An Internet Betting Glossary
Even though the reality that web gambling is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of brand-new bettors around the world sign on every day to gamble at internet casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the terminology used in internet wagering, and betting on athletics in general. Nonetheless, insight of these ideas is necessary to knowing the games and codes of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of their bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required value of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of money necessary to enter a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager equal to but converse of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has established their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a number, or the initial toss after a number is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial 2 matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three sets of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, meaning to gamble on a team or player to win or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same sum as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.