Despite the actuality that online betting is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional bettors world-wide sign up each day to bet at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web gambling who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the jargon employed in internet wagering, and wagering on sports in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and policies of play:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of their bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the gamblers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified figure of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least value of funds necessary to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet on par with but opposite of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has ascertained their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to establish a point, or the 1st toss after a point is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st two events of the tournament.
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 gamble on one or more of three categories of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, which means to wager on a group or player to succeed or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same sum as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.