Despite the actuality that web betting is now a billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional gamblers world-wide sign on daily to gamble at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of web betting who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the jargon used in online betting, and wagering on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and policies of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his money into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required amount of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a player’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimum sum of cash necessary to enroll in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously carried out wager.
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 put a bet equal to but converse of the initial bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the player has ascertained their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to achieve a point, or the 1st toss after a number has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the 1st 2 races of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome 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 one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, which means to bet on a team or player to win or position in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same amount as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a race 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 block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
