Regardless of the actuality that internet betting is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new gamblers world-wide log in daily to bet at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web gambling who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the terminology used in web gambling, and betting on sports in general. However, insight of these terms is indispensable to knowing the games and regulations of play:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is developed for the players with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required figure of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of funds required to get in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a bet on par with but converse of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has established her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to arrive at a point, or the 1st roll after a point has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial two races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event 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 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same value as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will finish in the absolute same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a grouping of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.