Regardless of the fact that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional wagerers around the world log on each day to wager at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of web wagering who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the terminology used in online betting, and gambling on athletics in general. However, understanding of these ideas is essential to comprehending the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary sum of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum 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 bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a bet equal to but converse of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has arrived at her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a number, or the 1st roll after a number is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial two matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of three categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, meaning to wager on a team or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical number as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a race will finish in the absolute identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.