Regardless of the reality that internet gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional gamblers around the world sign up each day to bet at online casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the terminology used in online betting, and betting on sports in general. However, understanding of these terms is necessary to comprehending the games and policies of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required number of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of money necessary to appear in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a wager on par with but converse of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has arrived at his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a point, or the first roll after a number has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first 2 events of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result 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 bet on one or more of three categories of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, indicating to wager on a group or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical number as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.