Despite the reality that internet betting is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional players around the globe log in each day to gamble at online gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the catchphrases used in web betting, and betting on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these ideas is essential to interpreting the games and rules of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of their chips into the pot. A second pot is created for the gamblers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required value of money into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of money required to enter a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a wager equal to but opposite of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to ascertain a number, or the initial toss after a point has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st two events of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action 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 bet on any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to wager on a team or player to win or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical amount as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in an event will finish in the exact same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
