An Internet Gambling Dictionary


Regardless of the fact that internet wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional gamblers around the world sign on daily to bet at online gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak used in online wagering, and wagering on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is necessary to knowing the games and regulations of wagering:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of his money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining chips.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

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

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

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

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior carried out wager.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a bet on par with but opposite of the starting wager.

COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

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

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

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the initial two events of the day.

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 categories of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.

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

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical number as wagered, ( 1:1 ).

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

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

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