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Regardless of the reality that web betting is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of brand-new bettors world-wide sign on every day to wager at internet casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of web wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in online gambling, and gambling on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is necessary to knowing the games and rules of wagering:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

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

ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the identical race.

ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified figure of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A required bet in seven-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum sum of chips necessary to appear in a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously carried out wager.

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

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to make a bet on par with but converse of the initial bet.

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 wager, but made after the hurler has established his number.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to cover all the numbers on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, 3 or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 matches of the day.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of three categories of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, meaning to wager on a team or player to win or place in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the same number as wagered, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a race 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 placed on a block of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.