An Internet Betting Encyclopedia
Regardless of the reality that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new gamblers world-wide sign up every day to gamble at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of web wagering who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the terminology employed in internet wagering, and betting on athletics in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary number of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a player's cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of funds required to get in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet on par with but opposite of the first bet.
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 carried out after the shooter has established her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to arrive at a point, or the 1st toss after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
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 two races of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result 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 wager on one or more of 3 groups of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, meaning to bet on a team or player to succeed or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same sum as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a race will finish in the exact same assignment as the wager - also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
Categories
Blogroll
Archive
- April 2025
- March 2025
- February 2025
- January 2025
- December 2024
- November 2024
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- July 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- January 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- November 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- March 2009
- January 2009
- December 2008
- November 2008
- September 2008
- April 2008
- March 2008
- December 2007
- May 2007
- April 2007