Even though the reality that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional players around the globe sign up every day to bet at internet gambling halls, there are additionally millions of new players to the world of online gambling who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak used in web gambling, and gambling on athletics in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these terms is essential to knowing the games and codes of play:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is developed for the gamblers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required amount of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of chips required to appear in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has established his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to establish a point, or the 1st roll after a point is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st two events of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of three groups of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, which means to gamble on a team or player to succeed or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same sum as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
