Regardless of the fact that online gambling is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new gamblers around the world sign up every day to gamble at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of online wagering who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the doublespeak used in web betting, and gambling on sports in general. However, insight of these ideas is necessary to interpreting the games and regulations of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has put all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the wagerers with additional money.
ALL-UP: To wager on several horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary value of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the smallest value card.
BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards are valued over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal amount of funds required to enroll in a game or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager is the same as a previously made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match without betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a wager on par with but opposite of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has ascertained his point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to achieve a number, or the 1st toss 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 roll a 2, three or 12 is an automatic loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial 2 events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the result of an action will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to gamble on a team or player to win or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same sum as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a contest will finish in the absolute same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager made on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.