Despite the fact that online gambling is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional players around the globe sign on every day to wager at internet casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web wagering who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the jargon used in internet wagering, and wagering on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is indispensable to knowing the games and rules of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of her money into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required number of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of money necessary to get in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet equal to but opposite of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has ascertained their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to establish a number, or the 1st toss after a point has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial 2 matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event 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 any of three sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical number as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a match will finish in the exact identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.