Even though the fact that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of additional bettors around the world log on daily to play at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of a lot of the catchphrases used in online gambling, and wagering on sports in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is essential to knowing the games and regulations of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is created for the gamblers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required figure of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of cash necessary to enter a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet equal to but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has established her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a point, or the first toss after a number has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, three or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial 2 matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an event will be smaller than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to gamble on a team or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same value as bet, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a contest 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 placed on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
