Despite the actuality that web wagering is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new players world-wide sign on every day to play at web gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the doublespeak employed in web gambling, and wagering on athletics in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and rules of play:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of their money into the pot. A side pot is developed for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required value of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of chips required to get in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a prior made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet on par with but converse of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to ascertain a number, or the first toss after a point is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial 2 events of the tournament.
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 gamble on any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same number as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a contest will finish in the exact same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.