Regardless of the fact that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new gamblers world-wide log on daily to gamble at online casinos, there are still millions of new players to the environment of internet gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the catchphrases employed in internet gambling, and wagering on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is essential to knowing the games and policies of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has risked all of his money into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required sum of money into the pot beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of money required to get in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already made bet.
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: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager equal to but converse of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has ascertained his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a number, or the initial toss after a number has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial 2 races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of three sets of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, which means to gamble on a group or player to win or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical number as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will complete the race in the absolute same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.