Despite the reality that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional gamblers world-wide sign on every day to play at web gambling halls, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the dialect employed in internet betting, and betting on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and rules of gaming:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of his money into the pot. A second pot is developed for the bettors with remaining chips.

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

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified sum of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.

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

BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a gambler’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of funds required to appear in a game or tournament.

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without wagering. This is applicable only if no other players wager in that round.

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

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

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but made after the player has established his point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to cover all the numbers on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the initial 2 events of the tournament.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of 3 groups of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to bet on a team or player to succeed or position in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical amount as bet, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a match 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 grouping of 5 numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.