Even though the actuality that online wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional gamblers around the globe log on each day to gamble at internet casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of web gambling who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the terminology employed in internet betting, and wagering on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to knowing the games and policies of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified figure of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of cash required to enroll in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without wagering. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager equal to but converse of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has ascertained his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to establish a number, or the initial roll after a point is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial two races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be smaller than the smallest 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 twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, which means to gamble on a group or player to win or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same sum as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the absolute identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.