Regardless of the actuality that online betting is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional bettors around the globe sign on daily to play at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the doublespeak used in online betting, and betting on sports in general. However, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to comprehending the games and codes of wagering:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of his chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the wagerers with remaining chips.

ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the identical event.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required value of chips into the pot beforeevery hand begins.

BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the smallest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimal amount of money required to get in a match or tournament.

CALL: As in poker, when a wager equals a previously made bet.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game and not wagering. This is applicable only if no other gamblers bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a bet on par with but opposite of the leading bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has arrived at her number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a number, or the initial roll after a number has been arrived at.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to blanket all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or 12 is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the 1st two matches of the day.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the lowest end of the quote on a spread bet, also known as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of three sets of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, which means to wager on a team or player to succeed or place in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same number as wagered, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a contest will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.