Even though the fact that online wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of brand-new gamblers world-wide log on each day to gamble at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of web wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the jargon employed in internet wagering, and wagering on athletics in general. In any case, understanding of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and policies of play:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of their money into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of money necessary to get in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager equal to but converse of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has ascertained his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to establish a point, or the 1st toss after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial 2 matches of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event 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 3 sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, which means to wager on a team or player to succeed or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same amount as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in an event will finish in the absolute same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.