Despite the fact that online gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of brand-new bettors world-wide sign on daily to bet at online casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of online betting who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the dialect used in internet gambling, and wagering on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to knowing the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has deposited all of their bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required amount of money into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of money required to get in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a bet equal to but converse of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has ascertained his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a point, or the first roll after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 events of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action 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 wager on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, which means to gamble on a group or player to succeed or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same sum as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in an event will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.