Regardless of the fact that web betting is now a billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of brand-new players around the world sign up each day to gamble at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of web wagering who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in online betting, and wagering on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and policies of wagering:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her money into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on many horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary figure of money into the pot beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of chips necessary to get in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet on par with but opposite of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has established her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a number, or the initial toss after a number has been arrived at.
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 automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the first two matches of the day.
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 referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to gamble on a group or player to succeed or place in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the same number as gambled, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.