Even though the actuality that web wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new wagerers world-wide log in each day to wager at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of web betting who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak employed in online gambling, and wagering on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and policies of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of her money into the pot. A second pot is created for the bettors with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required amount of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of cash necessary to enroll in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has ascertained his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to ascertain a point, or the initial roll after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the first two races of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome 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 wager on any of three categories of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to bet on a group or player to win or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical sum as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in an event will finish in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.