Despite the fact that internet betting is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new gamblers around the globe sign on every day to wager at web casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet betting who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the dialect employed in internet gambling, and betting on sports in general. In any case, understanding of these ideas is indispensable to understanding the games and rules of gaming:
ACTION: Any style of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the gamblers with remaining money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified number of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.
BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in twenty-one, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.
BUY-IN: The the lowest value of money necessary to appear in a game or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is allowed only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to place a wager equal to but converse of the first wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has ascertained her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st roll to establish a number, or the 1st roll after a number is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, 3 or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial 2 matches of the day.
DOWN BET: To bet 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 gamble on any of 3 groups of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to bet on a group or player to win or position in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical sum as bet, ( 1:1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a race will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager placed on a block of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.
