Despite the actuality that online wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional players around the globe sign on every day to bet at internet casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of online gambling who don’t as yet have a good comprehension of much of the jargon employed in internet betting, and gambling on sports in general. However, insight of these terms is necessary to knowing the games and rules of play:
ACTION: Any style of bet.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of their chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the players with additional money.
ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical race.
ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified amount of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.
BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.
BUY-IN: The minimal sum of cash necessary to enroll in a match or tournament.
CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as an already made bet.
CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite of the initial wager.
COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has ascertained her point.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to arrive at a point, or the first roll after a number is achieved.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 events of the night.
DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to wager on a group or player to win or position in an event.
EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the identical sum as gambled, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet carried out on a grouping of five numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.
