An Internet Wagering Encyclopedia

by Harold on March 12th, 2021

Despite the reality that online gambling is now a many billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of brand-new players around the globe sign on every day to play at online casinos, there are still millions of new players to the environment of web betting who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the terminology used in internet wagering, and betting on sports in general. However, understanding of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of gaming:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the gamblers with additional money.

ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical race.

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

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimal amount of chips required to enter a game or event.

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

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

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to make a bet equal to but opposite of the opening bet.

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 hurler has established his number.

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

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

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st 2 events of the night.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be smaller 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 groups of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, which means to bet on a group or player to win or medal in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same number as bet, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a race 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 five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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