Even though the actuality that online gambling is now a many billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional wagerers world-wide sign on each day to gamble at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet gambling who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak employed in online gambling, and wagering on athletic event in general. However, insight of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and regulations of wagering:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of their money into the pot. A second pot is created for the bettors with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary value of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of money necessary to enroll in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet equal to but converse of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the player has ascertained his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to arrive at a point, or the initial roll after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first two events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result 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 three sets of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to bet on a group or player to win or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical number as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
