An Online Wagering Glossary


Regardless of the reality that internet gambling is now a many billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new bettors around the world sign up each day to gamble at online casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet gambling who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the doublespeak used in online wagering, and betting on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and policies of wagering:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of his money into the pot. A second pot is created for the wagerers with remaining chips.

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

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

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least value of chips necessary to enter a match or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made bet.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet equal to but converse of the first wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the player has established his number.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial 2 matches of the day.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of three categories of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, indicating to bet on a group or player to win or place in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical number as gambled, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a match will finish in the exact same assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.

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