Regardless of the actuality that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new wagerers world-wide log on each day to gamble at online gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the catchphrases employed in online wagering, and gambling on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and rules of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the gamblers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required amount of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of money necessary to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet equal to but converse of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has established her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to establish a number, or the initial roll after a point is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the first two matches of the night.
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 referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, 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 bet that pays the identical value as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in an event will finish in the exact same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
