Even though the reality that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of brand-new players world-wide log on each day to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of online betting who do not as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in online wagering, and betting on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is essential to comprehending the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is created for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required value of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.
BRING-IN: A necessary bet in 7-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of cash required to enroll in a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the initial bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the hurler has established their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a number, or the initial toss after a point has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first two events of the night.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action 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 any of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, meaning to bet on a group or player to win or place in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical sum as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a race will finish in the absolute same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a grouping of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
