Even though the fact that web wagering is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional bettors around the world log on each day to wager at web casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet betting who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the catchphrases employed in internet gambling, and betting on athletics in general. Nonetheless, insight of these ideas is essential to understanding the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of his money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of chips necessary to enroll in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet equal to but opposite of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has achieved his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to ascertain a point, or the initial toss after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial two matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result 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 gamble on one or more of three categories of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, meaning to wager on a group or player to win or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical sum as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a match will finish in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.