Even though the fact that web betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new gamblers around the globe sign on daily to wager at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak used in online wagering, and betting on sports in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these ideas is essential to knowing the games and codes of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has risked all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary figure of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of money required to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to make a wager equal to but opposite of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has achieved his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a point, or the initial roll after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the 1st two events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of three sets of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, which means to gamble on a group or player to succeed or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same amount as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
