Despite the reality that internet betting is now a many billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional bettors world-wide sign up every day to bet at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the dialect used in internet wagering, and gambling on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is indispensable to knowing the games and codes of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has put all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of cash required to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as an already carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a wager equal to but converse of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has ascertained her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to achieve a point, or the initial toss after a point is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st 2 races 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 known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, indicating to wager on a group or player to succeed or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same amount as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a contest will finish in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.