Despite the actuality that internet betting is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional bettors around the world sign up every day to bet at online gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the environment of web wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the jargon used in online betting, and wagering on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is essential to knowing the games and codes of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is created for the gamblers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required sum of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a player’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least value of funds necessary to enter a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a bet on par with but converse of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has arrived at their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to ascertain a number, or the initial toss after a number has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial two events of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager 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 bet on one or more of 3 sets of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to wager on a team or player to win or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same number as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a match will finish in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.