Despite the reality that online wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new bettors around the globe sign up daily to wager at online gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet gambling who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the terminology used in online wagering, and betting on sports in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and codes of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of his money into the pot. A side pot is developed for the gamblers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified value of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of money required to appear in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a prior carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a bet equal to but converse of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has ascertained her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to ascertain a point, or the 1st roll after a point is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first 2 events of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result 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 bet on any of 3 groups of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to wager on a group or player to win or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical sum as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.