Regardless of the reality that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of brand-new players world-wide sign on daily to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the terminology employed in online betting, and gambling on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has risked all of their bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary amount of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud made 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 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of money necessary to get in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager on par with but converse of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has ascertained their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to establish a point, or the 1st roll after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial 2 matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the lowest 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 three groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, meaning to wager on a team or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical number as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a group of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
