An Online Wagering Encyclopedia

by Maximilian on July 13th, 2017

[ English ]

Even though the reality that online gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new players world-wide log in daily to play at web casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in internet betting, and wagering on athletics in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these ideas is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of play:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the gamblers with remaining chips.

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

ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

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

BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least amount of cash necessary to enroll in a game or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the opening 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 hurler has ascertained her point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing 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 choose the winners of the first 2 events of the day.

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the lowest 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 three groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, meaning to gamble on a team or player to win or place in a match.

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

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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