Even though the reality that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional gamblers world-wide log on each day to bet at internet gambling halls, there are additionally millions of new players to the environment of internet gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the terminology used in internet wagering, and wagering on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these ideas is necessary to interpreting the games and codes of play:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has deposited all of his money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required sum of money into the pot just beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of funds required to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a bet equal to but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the player has established her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to arrive at a point, or the 1st toss after a point is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 events of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event 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 wager on one or more of 3 sets of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, which means to wager on a group or player to succeed or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical value as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.