Even though the reality that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of brand-new wagerers around the globe sign on each day to bet at online gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of online betting who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the jargon used in web gambling, and wagering on sports in general. However, understanding of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and policies of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the players with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary value of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of funds necessary to enroll in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior made bet.
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: Like in spread wagering, 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, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has established their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to establish a number, or the first roll after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first two events of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to bet on a team or player to succeed or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same number as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will finish in the absolute same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
