Regardless of the fact that online betting is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new bettors world-wide log on each day to play at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak employed in internet wagering, and wagering on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and policies of play:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary number of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of chips required to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a bet on par with but converse of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to establish a number, or the initial toss after a number is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first two races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three sets of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same sum as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in an event will finish in the absolute identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a group of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
