Despite the fact that online wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new gamblers world-wide log in every day to wager at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the catchphrases employed in internet wagering, and betting on sports in general. In any case, understanding of these ideas is essential to interpreting the games and regulations of play:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary value of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of funds required to get in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager on par with but opposite of the starting bet.
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 player has ascertained their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a point, or the first roll after a number has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st 2 events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical amount as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.