Even though the fact that internet betting is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new players world-wide sign up every day to gamble at online casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of online betting who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the catchphrases used in internet betting, and wagering on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and policies of play:
ACTION: Any type of wager.
ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has risked all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the players with remaining chips.
ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the same race.
ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified amount of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.
BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud made by the player showing the smallest value card.
BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.
BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of chips required 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 stay in the game without betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.
CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager equal to but converse of the opening wager.
COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the 3 columns of a roulette game.
COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the player has arrived at her number.
COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to ascertain a point, or the initial roll after a point is established.
COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the spots on a bingo card.
CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or twelve is an immediate defeat on the come-out roll.
DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first 2 races of the night.
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 known as a "sell".
DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.
EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, which means to gamble on a team or player to win or medal in a game.
EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same value as bet, ( 1-1 ).
EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".
FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a group of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.