An Internet Betting Dictionary


Even though the fact that online betting is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new bettors around the globe log in daily to wager at internet casinos, there are still millions of new players to the environment of web gambling who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the jargon employed in web betting, and gambling on sports in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these ideas is essential to understanding the games and policies of gaming:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of their chips into the pot. A second pot is created for the gamblers with additional money.

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same race.

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary figure of money into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.

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

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

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet on par with but converse of the opening wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has ascertained her number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to arrive at a point, or the initial roll after a point is achieved.

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

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial two matches of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event 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 any of 3 groups of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to wager on a team or player to win or position in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same sum as bet, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will finish in the absolute same assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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

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