An Online Betting Glossary
November 7th, 2009 at 12:22
Regardless of the actuality that internet gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional wagerers around the globe log in daily to wager at internet gambling dens, there are additionally millions of new players to the world of online betting who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the terminology employed in web gambling, and betting on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and policies of betting:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of their bankroll into the pot. A side pot is developed for the players with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required value of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of funds required to appear in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a bet on par with but opposite of the leading wager.
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 player has achieved their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to establish a number, or the initial toss after a number has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 races of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet 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 bet on any of 3 groups of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, meaning to wager on a group or player to win or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical number as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a match will finish in the exact identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a block of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.