Even though the reality that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional wagerers world-wide log on every day to gamble at internet casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of web betting who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the jargon used in web wagering, and betting on athletics in general. However, understanding of these ideas is essential to knowing the games and policies of play:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary sum of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of chips required to enter a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to make a bet on par with but opposite of the starting 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 carried out after the shooter has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a number, or the 1st toss after a point has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st two matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of three categories of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, which means to bet on a team or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical number as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a match will finish in the exact identical order as the bet – also referred to 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.