Despite the fact that online wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new wagerers around the globe sign on daily to gamble at web casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of web gambling who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of a lot of the jargon used in internet gambling, and wagering on sports in general. Nonetheless, insight of these terms is necessary to knowing the games and policies of play:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has risked all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is developed for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required sum of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of chips necessary to enter a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has ascertained her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to establish a number, or the initial toss after a point has been established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st two races of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to wager on a group or player to succeed or medal in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same value as gambled, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
