An Online Wagering Dictionary


Despite the fact that web betting is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new wagerers around the globe sign up daily to gamble at internet casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet betting who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the catchphrases used in online gambling, and betting on sports in general. However, insight of these ideas is essential to knowing the games and policies of betting:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with additional money.

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.

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

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

BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimal sum of money required to enter a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made wager.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet equal to but opposite of the starting bet.

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

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at her point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 events of the night.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to bet on a team or player to win or medal in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same number as bet, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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