An Internet Wagering Cyclopedia
by Eduardo on April 16th, 2007
Despite the reality that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new bettors world-wide log on daily to gamble at internet casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the doublespeak employed in internet wagering, and betting on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these ideas is necessary to understanding the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified value of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of money necessary to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has established her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a number, or the 1st toss after a number has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st two events of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, which means to bet on a team or player to win or medal in an match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same sum as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a event will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
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