An Online Betting Glossary


Even though the reality that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of brand-new players around the world sign up each day to bet at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of online gambling who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the jargon employed in internet betting, and betting on sports in general. However, insight of these ideas is indispensable to interpreting the games and rules of betting:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of their bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical contest.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a required number of chips into the pot beforeeach hand begins.

BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.

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

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a bet equal to but converse of the first bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has ascertained their point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to establish a point, or the initial roll after a number has been ascertained.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the numbers on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first 2 events 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 gamble on any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, meaning to gamble on a team or player to succeed or position in a match.

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

EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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

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