Regardless of the reality that web betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of brand-new bettors world-wide sign on each day to wager at web casinos, there are additionally millions of newcomers to the environment of online betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the jargon employed in online betting, and gambling on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and regulations of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is developed for the bettors with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a specified figure of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of funds required to enroll in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to make a bet equal to but opposite of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has established their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a point, or the 1st toss after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial two races of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, meaning to wager on a team or player to win or place in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same value as wagered, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a race will finish in the exact same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a grouping of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.