An Web Gambling Encyclopedia


Regardless of the actuality that internet betting is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional players around the globe sign on daily to play at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the catchphrases employed in internet gambling, and gambling on sports in general. However, insight of these ideas is indispensable to interpreting the games and rules of wagering:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

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

ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical event.

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required figure of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.

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

BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of money required to get in a match or tournament.

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the leading wager.

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

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

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to establish a number, or the initial toss after a number is achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the spots on a bingo card.

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

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

DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of 3 categories of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to gamble on a group or player to win or position in an event.

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

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the exact identical order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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

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