Even though the fact that internet gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new bettors around the globe sign on each day to gamble at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of web wagering who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the jargon employed in internet gambling, and wagering on athletics in general. However, knowledge of these terms is essential to understanding the games and policies of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of his chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary figure of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of money necessary to appear in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a wager equal to but opposite of the leading bet.
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 made after the hurler has established her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to arrive at a number, or the initial toss after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the 1st 2 matches of the day.
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 bet on one or more of three groups of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, indicating to gamble on a group or player to succeed or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same amount as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in an event will finish in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.