Despite the actuality that internet wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new wagerers world-wide sign on daily to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of online wagering who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak employed in internet gambling, and betting on sports in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is essential to understanding the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required value of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of money necessary to enter a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a wager on par with but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has arrived at his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to achieve a point, or the initial roll after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial two events of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three sets of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, indicating to bet on a team or player to win or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical amount as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.