An Web Betting Encyclopedia
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of her money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the gamblers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified amount of money into the pot beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a player's cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of funds necessary to get in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already carried out wager.
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: As in spread betting, meaning to make a wager on par with but opposite of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to ascertain a number, or the 1st toss after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the 1st 2 races of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, meaning to bet on a group or player to succeed or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same number as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the absolute identical assignment as the wager - also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.