Regardless of the fact that internet gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new bettors around the world sign up each day to play at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of web wagering who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak employed in web wagering, and betting on athletics in general. However, understanding of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and regulations of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required value of chips into the pot beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of chips required to get in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a bet on par with but opposite of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to ascertain a number, or the initial roll after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the initial two matches 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 bet on any of 3 categories of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, meaning to wager on a group or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same number as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
