An Internet Wagering Dictionary

by Yandel on October 19th, 2015

Despite the actuality that internet gambling is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new gamblers around the globe sign on each day to play at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of web betting who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the doublespeak used in web gambling, and betting on sports in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is essential to understanding the games and codes of gaming:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

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

ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same event.

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified figure of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.

BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimum amount of money required to appear in a game or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made bet.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager equal to but opposite of the initial bet.

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 bet, but made after the player has ascertained their number.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the initial 2 events of the tournament.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 sets of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, which means to wager on a team or player to succeed or medal in an event.

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

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a race will finish in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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