Even though the fact that web betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional bettors around the world log in daily to bet at online casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the terminology used in web betting, and wagering on sports in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these ideas is essential to understanding the games and regulations of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of their chips 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 placing a required amount of money into the pot beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of money necessary to get in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager on par with but opposite of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to establish a number, or the initial toss after a point is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the first two events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action 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 any of three sets of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, meaning to wager on a group or player to win or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same sum as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will finish in the exact same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.