Regardless of the reality that web gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new players around the world log on each day to gamble at web casinos, there are still millions of new players to the environment of internet betting who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the jargon employed in internet betting, and wagering on athletics in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and policies of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified value of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of money necessary to enter a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet on par with but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager 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 established his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to arrive at a number, or the 1st toss after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 events of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of three groups of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to wager on a team or player to win or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same number as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: Betting 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 carried out on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
