Archive for March, 2008

An Web Wagering Glossary

March 4th, 2008
[ English ]

Even though the fact that internet gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional bettors world-wide sign on every day to play at web casinos, there are additionally millions of new players to the world of web wagering who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the terminology used in internet gambling, and wagering on athletics in general. However, insight of these terms is necessary to comprehending the games and codes of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical contest.

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required number of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

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

BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of funds required to get in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior carried out bet.

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the first bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

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

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to ascertain a point, or the 1st roll after a point has been established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the spots on a bingo sheet.

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

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 referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, indicating to wager on a group or player to win or place in an event.

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

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact identical order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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