Regardless of the actuality that online betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional bettors around the world log in daily to wager at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the catchphrases employed in online gambling, and wagering on sports in general. However, understanding of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and rules of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified number of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of cash required to get in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager on par with but opposite of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has ascertained his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to ascertain a number, or the initial toss after a point is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial 2 races of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager 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 gamble on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, indicating to bet on a team or player to succeed or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same value as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.