Regardless of the actuality that internet gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new players world-wide log in every day to play at internet casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in online betting, and wagering on athletics in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of their money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required sum of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least value of funds necessary to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a wager on par with but opposite of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has ascertained their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a number, or the initial toss after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first two races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action 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 any of three groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, which means to gamble on a team or player to succeed or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical value as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a group of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
