An Internet Gambling Encyclopedia
Despite the actuality that web gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new bettors around the globe sign on daily to play at web casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web gambling who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the catchphrases used in web wagering, and gambling on sports in general. However, insight of these terms is necessary to knowing the games and rules of play:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his chips into the pot. A second pot is developed for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary sum of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of chips necessary to enter a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a bet equal to but opposite of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has achieved their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to ascertain a number, or the initial toss after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial two events of the tournament.
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 referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 categories of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, meaning to wager on a team or player to succeed or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same number as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.