An Online Betting Dictionary

by Maximilian on December 20th, 2009

[ English ]

Even though the actuality that web gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new gamblers world-wide sign on daily to play at internet casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of web wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the doublespeak used in online wagering, and betting on athletics in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is essential to understanding the games and rules of wagering:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has put all of his money into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with additional chips.

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

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

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least amount of cash required to appear in a game or tournament.

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

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager on par with but opposite of the initial bet.

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

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has established his point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.

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

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

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of three sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, which means to bet on a group or player to succeed or position in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical number as gambled, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a contest will finish in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a grouping of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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