An Web Gambling Cyclopedia
December 3rd, 2009 at 18:21
Despite the actuality that online gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of brand-new wagerers around the world sign up daily to wager at web gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online betting who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the jargon used in web betting, and gambling on sports in general. However, understanding of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and regulations of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has deposited all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified sum of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of money necessary to appear in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager equal to but converse of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has established his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a number, or the initial roll after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st two matches of the night.
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 known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of 3 groups of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, meaning to gamble on a team or player to win or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same value as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.