Even though the actuality that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional wagerers world-wide sign on every day to wager at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet gambling who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak used in online betting, and wagering on athletics in general. In any case, understanding of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and policies of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of their money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of funds required to enter a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a wager on par with but converse of the initial bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has arrived at their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to achieve a point, or the first roll after a point has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 matches of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome 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 one or more of 3 categories of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, which means to gamble on a group or player to win or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same amount as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a match will finish in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a block of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.