Despite the reality that online betting is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new bettors around the globe sign on each day to play at internet casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak used in internet betting, and wagering on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is essential to understanding the games and codes of play:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required sum of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of chips required to enter a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without wagering. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a wager on par with but opposite of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a point, or the first roll after a number is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the first two events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of three sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to bet on a group or player to succeed or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same sum as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
