Regardless of the fact that online betting is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new wagerers around the globe log on every day to gamble at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online wagering who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak employed in internet betting, and wagering on athletics in general. However, knowledge of these terms is necessary to understanding the games and codes of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her money into the pot. A side pot is created for the gamblers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary figure of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of money necessary to appear in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a prior carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a wager equal to but converse of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has ascertained her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to ascertain a number, or the 1st toss after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial 2 events of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of three sets of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, meaning to bet on a team or player to win or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same number as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in an event will finish in the exact same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.