Even though the fact that internet wagering is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional bettors around the globe sign on daily to wager at internet casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in internet wagering, and wagering on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these ideas is necessary to interpreting the games and codes of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her money into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required number of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of funds necessary to enroll in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager on par with but converse of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a point, or the first roll after a point is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 matches of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of three groups of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, meaning to wager on a group or player to succeed or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same value as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.