Even though the actuality that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional bettors around the world sign on each day to gamble at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak employed in online gambling, and betting on sports in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these ideas is necessary to interpreting the games and codes of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary sum of money into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of money required to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager on par with but converse of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the player has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a point, or the first roll after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st two races of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of three categories of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, meaning to gamble on a team or player to succeed or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical sum as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a match will finish in the exact same assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.