Even though the fact that online wagering is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new gamblers around the world log on every day to gamble at online casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online betting who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak used in web gambling, and gambling on sports in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these ideas is necessary to comprehending the games and policies of play:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is developed for the bettors with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a necessary figure of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
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 vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of cash necessary to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to put a bet equal to but converse of the initial bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any 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 his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to ascertain a point, or the first toss after a point is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first two matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome 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 wager on any of three groups of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to bet on a group or player to win or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical value as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in an event will finish in the exact same assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.