An Online Betting Encyclopedia


Even though the reality that online gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional wagerers around the globe log in each day to bet at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet betting who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the dialect employed in internet betting, and betting on sports in general. In any case, understanding of these terms is necessary to knowing the games and regulations of betting:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has deposited all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with remaining chips.

ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same race.

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified number of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.

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

BUY-IN: The minimal value of cash required to enter a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a prior made bet.

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to make a bet on par with but converse of the starting wager.

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 made after the player has ascertained their number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a point, or the first toss after a point has been achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the squares on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 races of the day.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 groups of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to wager on a group or player to win or medal in an event.

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

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a match will finish in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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

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