Regardless of the fact that online wagering is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional gamblers around the globe log on every day to play at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the terminology employed in web wagering, and wagering on sports in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to understanding the games and regulations of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of his money into the pot. A second pot is created for the gamblers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required figure of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of funds necessary to enter a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to make a wager on par with but converse of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has ascertained his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to ascertain a number, or the 1st toss after a point is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial two races of the day.
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 known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, meaning to gamble on a group or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same sum as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in an event will finish in the absolute same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.