An Online Wagering Encyclopedia
Even though the fact that online wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional bettors around the world log on daily to play at internet gambling dens, there are additionally millions of newbies to the world of web wagering who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the terminology employed in internet wagering, and gambling on sports in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is essential to knowing the games and regulations of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is developed for the wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required figure of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of money necessary to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a bet on par with but converse of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has established her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to establish a point, or the first roll after a point is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of three categories of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, which means to wager on a group or player to win or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical amount as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
