An Internet Betting Encyclopedia


Regardless of the fact that web gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of brand-new bettors world-wide log on each day to bet at online gambling halls, there are additionally millions of new players to the environment of online betting who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the terminology employed in web betting, and betting on athletic event in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is essential to comprehending the games and rules of gaming:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with additional chips.

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

ANTE: A poker term for placing a required amount of money into the pot beforeevery hand begins.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum sum of chips necessary to enter a match or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet equal to but opposite of the opening wager.

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

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the player has established her number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to achieve a point, or the 1st toss after a point is established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial 2 races of the night.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event 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 3 categories of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to wager on a team or player to win or place in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same sum as gambled, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a race will finish in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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