Even though the actuality that online wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new bettors world-wide log on daily to wager at online gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of online betting who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the dialect employed in online wagering, and betting on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is necessary to understanding the games and regulations of betting:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of their bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary value of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in twenty-one, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of funds necessary to enroll in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager on par with but converse of the initial bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has achieved his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to arrive at a point, or the first roll after a point is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first two matches of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome 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 gamble on one or more of 3 groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, indicating to bet on a team or player to win or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same value as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
