Regardless of the reality that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new gamblers world-wide sign up every day to play at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of internet betting who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the dialect employed in online betting, and wagering on athletics in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to understanding the games and policies of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of their money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the gamblers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required figure of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of chips required to appear in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet equal to but opposite of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has ascertained her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to ascertain a point, or the initial toss after a number is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the first 2 events of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be lower than the smallest 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 12 numbers, one-12, 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 out the same sum as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.