Even though the actuality that internet gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional players around the globe log on every day to play at online casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the jargon employed in internet wagering, and gambling on sports in general. Nonetheless, insight of these ideas is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has put all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required figure of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of money necessary to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager equal to but opposite of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has achieved her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a point, or the initial roll after a number has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 matches of the tournament.
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 bet on any of 3 categories of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, meaning to gamble on a group or player to win or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same amount as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a race will finish in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.