Regardless of the reality that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of brand-new bettors world-wide log on daily to wager at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the jargon employed in online wagering, and betting on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these ideas 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 his money into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required value of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of funds necessary to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a wager on par with but opposite of the starting 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 shooter has achieved her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a point, or the initial toss after a point is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first 2 matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of three groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to wager on a group or player to win or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical sum as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a match will finish in the absolute identical assignment as the wager – also referred to 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.
