Despite the actuality that online betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new bettors world-wide sign up daily to bet at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online betting who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the catchphrases used in web betting, and wagering on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these ideas is indispensable to comprehending the games and codes of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified number of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimum value of chips required to appear in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet equal to but opposite of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has arrived at his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to arrive at a point, or the first toss after a number has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st 2 races of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to wager on a group or player to succeed or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical amount as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a race will finish in the exact same assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a block of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.