Regardless of the reality that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new wagerers world-wide log on daily to gamble at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the jargon used in web wagering, and gambling on athletics in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and policies of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of their chips into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required sum of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of money required to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a wager 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, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a number, or the 1st roll after a point is ascertained.
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 twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first 2 races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome 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 sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to bet on a team or player to win or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same number as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a race will complete the race in the exact identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.