An Online Betting Cyclopedia

by Yandel on December 21st, 2023

Despite the actuality that web wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new gamblers world-wide log on every day to play at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the catchphrases employed in internet wagering, and betting on athletic event in general. However, understanding of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and regulations of gaming:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

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

ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the identical event.

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified figure of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.

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

BUY-IN: The the least amount of funds required to enroll in a game or event.

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

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

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

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has ascertained their number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to establish a point, or the first toss after a number has been achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st two events of the day.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result 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 wager on one or more of three categories of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to bet on a team or player to win or medal in a game.

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

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

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

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