Regardless of the reality that internet gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new players world-wide log in daily to bet at web casinos, there are still millions of new players to the environment of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the jargon used in internet gambling, and wagering on sports in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is indispensable to knowing the games and regulations of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her money into the pot. A second pot is developed for the wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary value of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of money necessary to enter a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a wager on par with but opposite of the starting bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a point, or the first toss after a point is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial two events of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event 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 wager on any of three sets of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to wager on a team or player to succeed or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same amount as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the exact same assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.