Even though the reality that web wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional players around the globe log on every day to gamble at internet casinos, there are additionally millions of new players to the world of online gambling who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the terminology employed in online betting, and betting on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and codes of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is developed for the wagerers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary value of money into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of money required to enter a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without betting. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager on par with but opposite of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has arrived at his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to ascertain a point, or the 1st toss after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the 1st two races of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event 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 3 categories of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, which means to bet on a team or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same value as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a race will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.