Regardless of the fact that online betting is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional bettors around the world log on daily to gamble at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of online wagering who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the terminology employed in online wagering, and wagering on athletics in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to comprehending the games and regulations of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
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 bet on several horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required figure of money into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of chips required to enroll in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet on par with but opposite of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet 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 player has arrived at his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a number, or the initial roll after a point is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the first two events of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be smaller than the smallest 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 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to bet on a team or player to succeed or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical value as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in an event will finish in the exact identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.