Despite the reality that online wagering is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new wagerers world-wide sign up daily to gamble at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet gambling who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the terminology used in online wagering, and betting on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is developed for the wagerers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required value of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of cash required to appear in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager equal to but converse of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to establish a point, or the first toss after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial two races of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action 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 one or more of three groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, meaning to wager on a group or player to win or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same number as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a contest will finish in the exact identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
