Regardless of the actuality that online gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional wagerers around the world log in each day to play at internet casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online gambling who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak employed in web betting, and gambling on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these terms is essential to understanding the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of their money into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required figure of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least value of money required to enter a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet on par with but converse of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a number, or the initial toss after a number is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 events 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 bet on one or more of three groups of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to bet on a team or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same value as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.