An Online Gambling Encyclopedia


Regardless of the reality that internet betting is now a many billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional bettors world-wide log on daily to bet at online gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet gambling who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the dialect used in online wagering, and wagering on athletics in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and regulations of betting:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her money into the pot. A second pot is created for the bettors with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical event.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required sum of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.

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

BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least sum of cash required to enter a match or tournament.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is acceptable 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 leading bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has ascertained her point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the numbers on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the initial 2 events of the night.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action 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 bet on any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, indicating to wager on a group or player to win or place in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same value as bet, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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