Despite the fact that internet wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional players around the globe sign on every day to bet at internet gambling halls, there are additionally millions of new players to the environment of web 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. Notwithstanding, insight of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of play:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required value of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of money required to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a wager on par with but opposite of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager 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 hurler has established his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to achieve a point, or the 1st toss after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the initial two matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, meaning to gamble on a group or player to succeed or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same sum as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.