Even though the actuality that internet gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new bettors world-wide log on daily to wager at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in online wagering, and betting on athletics in general. Nonetheless, insight of these ideas is essential to comprehending the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is developed for the bettors with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required sum of money into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of cash required to appear in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager equal to but opposite of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has ascertained his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to achieve a point, or the 1st toss after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first two races of the tournament.
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 any of 3 groups of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to wager on a group or player to succeed or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same amount as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
