Regardless of the reality that online betting is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional bettors around the globe log on every day to wager at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the terminology employed in internet gambling, and betting on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
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 wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary sum of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of chips required to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager on par with but converse of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has arrived at her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a point, or the first toss after a point is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st 2 races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome 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 wager on one or more of three sets of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to bet on a team or player to win or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same sum as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a contest will finish in the absolute identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
