Even though the actuality that online betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of additional gamblers around the world log in each day to play at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the catchphrases employed in online gambling, and wagering on sports in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is essential to knowing the games and codes of gambling:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of his chips into the pot. A second pot is developed for the wagerers with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same contest.
ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required value of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in 7-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of money required to enter a match or event.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other players bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet on par with but opposite of the starting wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has achieved her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a number, or the initial roll after a point is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the first two events of the tournament.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be lower than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of 3 groups of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to gamble on a team or player to succeed or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same sum as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a race will finish in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.