Despite the reality that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new gamblers world-wide log in daily to wager at web gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the jargon used in internet betting, and betting on athletics in general. In any case, knowledge of these ideas is necessary to interpreting the games and regulations of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of his money into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required sum of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of chips required to enter a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to put a wager on par with but opposite of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has arrived at her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to ascertain a number, or the first roll after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action 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 any of three groups of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, indicating to wager on a team or player to win or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical sum as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a block of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.