Despite the actuality that web gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of brand-new bettors around the world log in daily to gamble at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet betting who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the terminology used in internet wagering, and betting on sports in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to knowing the games and codes of play:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is created for the bettors with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified figure of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of funds required to enter a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet on par with but opposite of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the hurler has established their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to ascertain a number, or the first roll after a point is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the 1st 2 races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to gamble on a team or player to win or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical amount as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a race 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 carried out on a group of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
