Regardless of the reality that web wagering is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional wagerers world-wide sign on each day to bet at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the environment of internet gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the doublespeak used in online wagering, and wagering on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and codes of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified number of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum amount of money required to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has ascertained their number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to establish a number, or the first roll after a point is ascertained.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the numbers on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first two events of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event 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 three groups of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, which means to bet on a group or player to succeed or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same amount as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
