An Internet Betting Encyclopedia

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Despite the fact that online betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional wagerers around the globe log in daily to bet at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet gambling who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the terminology used in web gambling, and wagering on sports in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to knowing the games and policies of gambling:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

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

ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same event.

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

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

BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.

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

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet equal to but converse of the starting bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has established his point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the initial 2 matches of the night.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be lower 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 3 sets of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, which means to wager on a group or player to succeed or place in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical sum as wagered, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a contest 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 made on a block of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.