Even though the actuality that web betting is now a many billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new wagerers around the world log on each day to play at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of internet betting who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in web wagering, and wagering on athletics in general. In any case, insight of these ideas is necessary to knowing the games and regulations of betting:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is created for the gamblers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same event.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required number of money into the pot just beforeevery hand begins.
BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in 21, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of chips necessary to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a bet equal to but converse of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has arrived at his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to ascertain a number, or the first roll after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, three or twelve is an automatic loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the winners of the first two events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result 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 any of three categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, meaning to bet on a team or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same sum as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a match will finish in the exact same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a group of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.