Despite the reality that internet betting is now a many billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional players around the world log on every day to play at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak used in internet betting, and betting on sports in general. However, understanding of these ideas is indispensable to knowing the games and rules of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary value of money into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of cash necessary to appear in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet 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 bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the hurler has arrived at his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to establish a point, or the 1st toss after a point has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial two races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of three groups of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, which means to wager on a group or player to succeed or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same sum as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the absolute identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.