Even though the reality that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new players around the world log in each day to gamble at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of web betting who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the dialect employed in online gambling, and wagering on athletics in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and rules of play:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of his money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified sum of money into the pot beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of funds necessary to appear in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a bet equal to but opposite of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the player has established their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to achieve a number, or the initial toss after a number has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 categories of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, which means to gamble on a team or player to win or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical amount as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.