Regardless of the reality that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of brand-new wagerers around the world sign up each day to play at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in online gambling, and wagering on athletic event in general. However, understanding of these terms is necessary to understanding the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary sum of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of funds necessary to appear in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet equal to but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has ascertained their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a point, or the first toss after a number has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the first 2 races of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, meaning to wager on a group or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical number as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
