An Internet Gambling Dictionary

Monday, 3. August 2009

Regardless of the reality that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new wagerers around the globe log in daily to play at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online gambling who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the doublespeak employed in online wagering, and gambling on sports in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and codes of play:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with additional money.

ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same contest.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required amount of money into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.

BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The the least value of money necessary to enroll in a game or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out bet.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a bet equal to but converse of the initial bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the player has established her number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a number, or the 1st roll after a number has been achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial two events of the tournament.

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 bet on any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, which means to wager on a team or player to succeed or position in an event.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same value as gambled, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that two 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 wager placed on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.