An Online Wagering Cyclopedia
Posted in Casino on 05/09/2010 03:21 pm by Jarrett
Regardless of the fact that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional wagerers world-wide sign up daily to bet at online casinos, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the environment of online wagering who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the terminology employed in internet gambling, and gambling on sports in general. However, understanding of these ideas is indispensable to comprehending the games and rules of play:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified number of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of chips required to get in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a wager on par with but opposite of the leading 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 carried out after the hurler has ascertained her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to achieve a number, or the 1st toss after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial two events of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of 3 groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, which means to gamble on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical value as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a contest will finish in the exact same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.