An Internet Betting Encyclopedia


Even though the actuality that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional gamblers around the globe log in each day to bet at web gambling dens, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak used in internet gambling, and gambling on athletic event in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is necessary to understanding the games and codes of wagering:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the players with additional chips.

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical race.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary sum of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

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

BUST: You do not win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimal sum of funds necessary to appear in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior carried out bet.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

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

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.

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

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to establish a number, or the initial toss after a point has been achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first two races of the night.

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action 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, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, meaning to bet on a team or player to succeed or medal in a match.

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

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in an event will finish in the absolute identical order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a grouping of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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