Despite the reality that online betting is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of brand-new bettors world-wide sign up each day to play at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web gambling who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the doublespeak used in internet wagering, and gambling on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is necessary to understanding the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his money into the pot. A side pot is set up for the players with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified figure of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of cash required to get in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to make a bet on par with but opposite of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has established her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a number, or the first roll after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st two events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 categories of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, meaning to bet on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical sum as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the exact identical order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a grouping of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
