An Internet Betting Glossary


Even though the reality that online wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of brand-new wagerers around the world log in each day to play at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online gambling who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the doublespeak employed in internet betting, and betting on sports in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these ideas is necessary to knowing the games and policies of play:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the players with remaining money.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimum amount of chips necessary to appear in a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already made wager.

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

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to make a bet on par with but converse of the opening bet.

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

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has ascertained her number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a point, or the first toss after a number has been ascertained.

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

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st 2 races of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome 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 gamble on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to wager on a team or player to succeed or place in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical amount as bet, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in an event will finish in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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