An Web Gambling Encyclopedia
September 28th, 2015 at 13:21
Even though the fact that internet betting is now a many billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new wagerers around the world log in every day to bet at web casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online wagering who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak used in online wagering, and gambling on sports in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and policies of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the players with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of funds required to get in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a wager equal to but opposite of the initial bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has achieved their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a number, or the 1st toss after a point is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st 2 races of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three categories of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical value as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the absolute identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a grouping of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.