Despite the actuality that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional wagerers world-wide sign on each day to gamble at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the dialect used in online betting, and betting on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is indispensable to knowing the games and regulations of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of their bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required figure of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of money required to appear in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a bet equal to but opposite of the initial bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has established their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to achieve a number, or the 1st toss after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the 1st 2 events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be lower than the lowest 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, meaning to bet on a group or player to win or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same sum as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
