An Web Wagering Encyclopedia

Friday, 12. February 2016

[ English ]

Regardless of the actuality that online gambling is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional bettors around the world log on each day to wager at internet casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online betting who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the jargon employed in online wagering, and wagering on athletics in general. In any case, insight of these terms is essential to knowing the games and rules of gaming:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of their money into the pot. A second pot is created for the bettors with additional chips.

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

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required amount of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

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

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

BUY-IN: The minimal value of funds required to enroll in a game or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior carried out wager.

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

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet equal to but opposite of the leading bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has achieved his point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the numbers on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the 1st 2 races of the tournament.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

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

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

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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