Even though the actuality that online betting is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new bettors world-wide log in each day to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the terminology employed in internet wagering, and wagering on sports in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these ideas is indispensable to understanding the games and policies of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the bettors with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required figure of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of money necessary to appear in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to put a wager on par with but converse of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has established his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to ascertain a number, or the 1st roll after a point has been ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the spots 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 winners of the initial two events of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager 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 three groups of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, meaning to wager on a group or player to succeed or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same value as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the exact identical order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
