Regardless of the reality that internet wagering is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional bettors around the world sign up daily to wager at web casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the catchphrases employed in internet betting, and gambling on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and regulations of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required amount of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of money required to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without wagering. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a bet on par with but opposite of the first 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 bet, but made after the player has achieved their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to achieve a number, or the first roll 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 toss a 2, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the 1st 2 races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome 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 any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, which means to bet on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical amount as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
