Regardless of the actuality that internet betting is now a many billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional bettors world-wide log on daily to wager at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of online wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the terminology employed in online wagering, and betting on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and regulations of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required number of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of money required to get in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place 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 game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the player has established his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a point, or the 1st roll after a number has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the first two races of the night.
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 referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of three groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to bet on a group or player to succeed or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same sum as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a race will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
