Despite the fact that internet betting is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of brand-new bettors around the world sign up daily to bet at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet betting who do not as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the catchphrases used in web wagering, and wagering on sports in general. However, insight of these terms is essential to understanding the games and rules of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary number of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of chips required to appear in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to make a wager equal to but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has established her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to establish a number, or the first roll after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial 2 events of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome 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 three sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, which means to wager on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical value as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a contest will finish in the absolute identical order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.