Regardless of the actuality that web wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new players around the world log on daily to bet at internet gambling dens, there are additionally millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in web wagering, and gambling on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and codes of gambling:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required number of money into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least amount of cash necessary to get in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager on par with but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has arrived at her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to ascertain a point, or the 1st toss after a point is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first two races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be lower 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 three groups of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, indicating to wager on a group or player to succeed or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same value as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a race will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.