Regardless of the actuality that web betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional bettors around the world sign on daily to wager at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the jargon used in online gambling, and betting on sports in general. In any case, insight of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and regulations of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required number of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of funds required to appear in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet equal to but converse of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has achieved his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a number, or the initial roll after a number has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial 2 races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of three categories of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to wager on a group or player to succeed or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same value as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a race will finish in the exact same order as the wager – also known 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.