Despite the reality that web gambling is now a many billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional players around the world sign on each day to bet at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of online betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak used in web betting, and wagering on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and regulations of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of their money into the pot. A side pot is developed for the gamblers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified value of money into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of money required to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has established her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to achieve a number, or the 1st toss after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st two races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be lower than the smallest 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 groups of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to bet on a team or player to win or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical sum as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a match 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 wager placed on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.