An Internet Wagering Dictionary
September 9th, 2015 at 5:21
Despite the actuality that web wagering is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new players world-wide log on daily to bet at internet gambling halls, there are additionally millions of newbies to the environment of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the dialect used in online betting, and betting on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any type 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 wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required number of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of cash required to enroll in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has established her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to establish a number, or the first toss after a point has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st two events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event 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 gamble on any of three groups of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, indicating to bet on a group or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical value as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the exact same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.