An Web Betting Glossary

Thursday, 3. September 2015

[ English ]

Despite the fact that web betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new gamblers world-wide log in each day to play at internet casinos, 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 doublespeak used in web betting, and gambling on athletics in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is necessary to understanding the games and rules of betting:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

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

ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same contest.

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified amount of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimal sum of chips required to enroll in a game or event.

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

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

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to put a wager on par with but opposite of the opening bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has arrived at her number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to achieve a number, or the initial toss after a number has been established.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st two matches of the night.

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

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

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

EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a match will finish in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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