Regardless of the fact that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and countless thousands of brand-new players world-wide sign up each day to wager at internet casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online betting who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the terminology employed in online gambling, and betting on athletic event in general. In any case, understanding of these ideas is essential to knowing the games and rules of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of their chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of money necessary to appear in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet equal to but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager 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 established his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to achieve a number, or the initial toss after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first two races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 sets of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, which means to wager on a team or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same amount as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.