Despite the reality that online betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new bettors world-wide sign on every day to gamble at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in web gambling, and betting on sports in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and policies of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has put all of their bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified amount of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of funds required to enroll in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a wager equal to but converse of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has achieved her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a number, or the first toss after a number has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the initial two events of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be lower 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-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, indicating to bet on a group or player to succeed or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical amount as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.