Despite the actuality that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of brand-new gamblers around the world log on daily to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of web gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the jargon used in web wagering, and betting on sports in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and policies of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary value of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of chips required to get in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a wager on par with but opposite of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has arrived at her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a point, or the 1st roll after a point has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the first 2 races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to wager on a group or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same sum as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
