Even though the fact that web betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of new gamblers world-wide sign on every day to bet at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the terminology employed in web betting, and gambling on sports in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is essential to understanding the games and codes of gaming:
ACTION: Any type of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is developed for the wagerers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required value of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the least sum of chips necessary to get in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a prior carried out wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the opening bet.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has established their point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to establish a number, or the 1st toss after a point is arrived at.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the first 2 events of the night.
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 three categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, meaning to gamble on a team or player to win or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical sum as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in an event will complete the race in the exact identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.
