Despite the fact that online gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional gamblers around the world log on each day to wager at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in online gambling, and betting on sports in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and policies of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of her money into the pot. A second pot is created for the wagerers with additional chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required amount of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of funds necessary to enroll in a game 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 game and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a wager on par with but converse of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the player has ascertained their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to establish a number, or the 1st toss after a number has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first two races of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the lowest 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 three groups of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical value as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the absolute same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.