Despite the actuality that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new gamblers around the globe sign up every day to bet at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the jargon employed in online betting, and betting on athletic event in general. In any case, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to knowing the games and codes of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary figure of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of money required to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is allowed 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 game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has established his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a number, or the first roll after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket 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 select the champions of the first 2 matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome 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 gamble on one or more of three categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, which means to bet on a team or player to succeed or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same sum as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
