Despite the actuality that web betting is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional wagerers around the world log on each day to bet at online gambling halls, there are additionally millions of newbies to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the doublespeak used in web gambling, and wagering on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and regulations of betting:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the gamblers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical event.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary amount of chips into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of money required to enter a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the first bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has ascertained her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a point, or the initial toss after a point has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st two races of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager 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 gamble on any of 3 groups of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, which means to gamble on a team or player to win or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same number as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a match 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 group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
