Despite the reality that online wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of brand-new players world-wide sign up each day to wager at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the dialect used in online wagering, and gambling on athletic event in general. However, knowledge of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is created for the bettors with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary value of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of cash necessary to enroll in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already 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 betting, meaning to put a wager equal to but opposite of the initial bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the hurler has ascertained their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to ascertain a number, or the initial roll after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial 2 matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome 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 one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, meaning to wager on a team or player to succeed or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical number as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a race will finish in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
