Regardless of the actuality that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new bettors around the world log on daily to wager at internet casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the catchphrases employed in internet wagering, and gambling on athletics in general. In any case, understanding of these ideas is essential to understanding the games and policies of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her money into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required value of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of chips required to appear in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a wager on par with but converse of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has achieved her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to ascertain a point, or the first roll after a number has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first 2 races of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event 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 bet on one or more of 3 groups of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, which means to wager on a team or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same amount as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a contest will finish in the exact same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.