Despite the reality that online betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional bettors world-wide sign on every day to bet at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the terminology used in web gambling, and gambling on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and policies of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified number of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of cash necessary to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet on par with but converse of the leading wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has arrived at her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to achieve a point, or the first roll after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the first 2 matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be lower 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 categories of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to bet on a team or player to win or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same value as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the bet – 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.