Despite the fact that online wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of brand-new gamblers around the globe sign up each day to gamble at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of online betting who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the dialect employed in internet gambling, and wagering on athletic event in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is essential to knowing the games and rules of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified figure of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal value of funds necessary to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a wager equal to but opposite of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has established her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to arrive at a number, or the 1st toss after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the first 2 events of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of 3 sets of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, indicating to gamble on a team or player to win or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical sum as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a contest will finish in the absolute same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.