Regardless of the reality that online betting is now a many billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional gamblers world-wide log on every day to wager at web casinos, there are still millions of newcomers to the environment of web wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in web gambling, and gambling on sports in general. However, insight of these terms is essential to interpreting the games and rules of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is set up for the bettors with remaining chips.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a specified sum of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.

BRING-IN: A required wager in seven-card stud made by the gambler showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least sum of funds necessary to appear in a match or tournament.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to lay a wager equal to but opposite of the initial bet.

COLUMN BET: To bet on any of the three columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line bet, but made after the shooter has ascertained his number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to ascertain a number, or the 1st roll after a number is established.

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to cover all the spots on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an immediate loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st 2 matches of the night.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of 3 sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, which means to wager on a team or player to win or position in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the identical value as bet, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the absolute identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.