Despite the fact that online wagering is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of brand-new wagerers world-wide log in every day to bet at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online gambling who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the catchphrases employed in web gambling, and wagering on sports in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to knowing the games and codes of betting:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her money into the pot. A side pot is developed for the bettors with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required amount of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of money required to appear in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has achieved his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to establish a number, or the first toss after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial 2 events of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, which means to gamble on a team or player to win or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical sum as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a contest will finish in the exact same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.