Regardless of the actuality that internet gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional players around the world log on every day to play at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of online gambling who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the dialect employed in internet gambling, and betting on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and regulations of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has risked all of their bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the players with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required figure of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of chips necessary to enroll in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without wagering. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to place a wager on par with but opposite of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has achieved her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a number, or the 1st toss after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial two races 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 any of 3 groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, meaning to wager on a team or player to succeed or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same sum as wagered, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a group of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.