Even though the actuality that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new players world-wide sign up each day to gamble at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online betting who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak used in internet gambling, and betting on sports in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of their bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified sum of money into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of money necessary to appear in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without wagering. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a bet on par with but converse of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has arrived at her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to achieve a number, or the initial toss after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial two races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, which means to bet on a group or player to win or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same sum as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will finish in the absolute same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.