Even though the fact that web wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new gamblers around the world sign up daily to gamble at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak used in web wagering, and gambling on athletics in general. However, understanding of these ideas is essential to comprehending the games and codes of play:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the gamblers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary sum of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of funds necessary to appear in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a wager equal to but converse of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has established her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to establish a point, or the 1st roll after a point is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st 2 matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, which means to wager on a team or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical sum as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
