Even though the fact that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new wagerers around the world log on each day to play at web casinos, there are additionally millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in internet wagering, and wagering on sports in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these ideas is indispensable to knowing the games and policies of play:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the bettors with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical 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 necessary bet in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of money necessary to get in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has achieved his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to establish a number, or the 1st roll after a point is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to fill all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial two races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result 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 categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to wager on a team or player to succeed or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same sum as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a match will finish in the absolute same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a block of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
