Even though the actuality that internet betting is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional players around the globe log on every day to wager at online casinos, there are additionally millions of new players to the world of web wagering who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the dialect used in internet betting, and gambling on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and rules of betting:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of her money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the gamblers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a required amount 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 showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of funds necessary to enter a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a prior made wager.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game without wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet equal to but opposite of the leading bet.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but made after the player has arrived at his number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to establish a number, or the initial toss after a point has been achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a two, 3 or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.
DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial 2 races of the day.
DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, meaning to bet on a group or player to succeed or medal in a match.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical sum as wagered, ( one to one ).
EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a match will finish in the exact same order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.