Despite the actuality that online wagering is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of brand-new bettors around the world log in daily to play at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the jargon employed in internet betting, and gambling on sports in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and regulations of betting:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has deposited all of his chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of funds required to appear in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet equal to but opposite of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the player has established her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to arrive at a point, or the initial roll after a point is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial two events 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 gamble on one or more of 3 groups of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to wager on a team or player to win or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same number as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a race will finish in the exact same assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
