An Internet Betting Encyclopedia


Even though the actuality that online betting is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of brand-new bettors around the globe sign on each day to gamble at web gambling halls, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the world of web betting who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak used in online wagering, and wagering on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is essential to understanding the games and codes of wagering:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is developed for the gamblers with remaining chips.

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

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required amount of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

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

BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least sum of chips necessary to enter a game or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously made bet.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, 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 game.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the player has arrived at her point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to establish a point, or the 1st toss after a number is arrived at.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial two races of the day.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action 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 wager on any of three categories of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

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

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same sum as gambled, ( one to one ).

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

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

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