An Web Gambling Dictionary
Posted in Casino on 03/03/2008 08:23 pm by Maverick
Regardless of the fact that online betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional wagerers world-wide sign on every day to play at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of online wagering who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the terminology used in internet wagering, and gambling on athletics in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is essential to understanding the games and regulations of play:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of his chips into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of cash required to get in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a bet on par with but opposite of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to establish a number, or the first roll after a number is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first 2 events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome 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 3 groups of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, which means to gamble on a group or player to succeed or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same value as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the exact identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.