Despite the reality that web wagering is now a many billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional gamblers around the globe sign on every day to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet betting who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the terminology employed in web betting, and wagering on athletics in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to interpreting the games and rules of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is created for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified value of chips into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of funds necessary to enroll in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet equal to but converse of the leading wager.
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 carried out after the hurler has arrived at her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a number, or the initial roll after a number has been arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the first 2 events of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, indicating to bet on a team or player to succeed or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same number as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a race will complete the race 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 grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.