Regardless of the actuality that web wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of brand-new bettors around the globe log on every day to gamble at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet betting who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the doublespeak employed in online gambling, and wagering on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and rules of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required amount of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of chips required to get in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without wagering. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet on par with but converse of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has established her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to establish a number, or the initial toss after a number has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st 2 matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action 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 wager on one or more of three categories of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, meaning to gamble on a team or player to win or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same value as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.