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An Internet Gambling Glossary
Mar 7th, 2008 by Alannah
[ English ]

Despite the actuality that online gambling is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional wagerers around the globe log in every day to wager at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the terminology used in web betting, and betting on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and policies of gaming:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has deposited all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the gamblers with additional money.

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical event.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified amount of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.

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

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

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet equal to but converse of the opening wager.

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

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to achieve a point, or the initial roll after a number has been established.

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

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the first 2 matches 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 known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of three sets of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, meaning to gamble on a group or player to win or position in an game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical sum as gambled, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a match will finish in the absolute identical assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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