Even though the fact that internet gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new bettors world-wide sign up daily to gamble at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web wagering who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the catchphrases used in web betting, and gambling on athletics in general. In any case, knowledge of these ideas is essential to interpreting the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his chips into the pot. A second pot is set up for the wagerers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary number of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of chips necessary to get in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a bet on par with but converse of the opening 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 wager, but carried out after the hurler has established his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to establish a point, or the initial toss after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick 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 smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of three categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, which means to wager on a team or player to win or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same number as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in an event will finish in the absolute same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
