An Web Wagering Encyclopedia

Regardless of the actuality that web wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional wagerers around the world log in daily to play at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the terminology employed in web wagering, and wagering on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and codes of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with additional chips.

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

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

BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimal amount of chips required to enter a game or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already carried out wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.

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

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette game.

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

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to establish a point, or the first toss after a point is established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the spots on a bingo card.

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

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

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 categories of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, meaning to gamble on a group or player to win or position in a match.

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

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a match will finish in the exact same assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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