Even though the actuality that online wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new gamblers around the world sign up every day to play at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the catchphrases employed in internet wagering, and gambling on sports in general. However, understanding of these ideas is necessary to understanding the games and codes of play:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her money into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified figure of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of money required to appear in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet on par with but converse of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has ascertained their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to establish a point, or the 1st roll after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial two events of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be smaller than the lowest 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 three sets of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to gamble on a group or player to succeed or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical value as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in an event will finish in the absolute identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.