Even though the reality that web wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional bettors around the world log on each day to bet at web gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online betting who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the catchphrases used in online gambling, and betting on athletics in general. However, knowledge of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and regulations of betting:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary value of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least value of money necessary to get in a game 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 without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a wager on par with but opposite of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the hurler has arrived at their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to establish a point, or the initial toss after a point has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event 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 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, indicating to wager on a group or player to succeed or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical amount as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a race will finish in the absolute identical order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a grouping of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.