Despite the reality that internet betting is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new players around the world log in every day to bet at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the jargon employed in online gambling, and wagering on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, understanding 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 risked all of their money into the pot. A side pot is created for the players with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary sum of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of cash necessary to enroll in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet equal to but converse of the initial bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has ascertained their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a point, or the initial toss after a point is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st two matches 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 referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, meaning to wager on a team or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same amount as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
