Even though the reality that internet gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of additional bettors around the world sign up daily to gamble at web gambling halls, there are additionally millions of newbies to the world of internet betting who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak used in online gambling, and betting on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, knowledge of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and policies of gambling:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has risked all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is created for the gamblers with additional money.

ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same event.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a necessary value of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A required wager in 7-card stud carried out by the player displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You don’t win; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards exceed a value over 21.

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

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

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet equal to but opposite of the opening wager.

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

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but carried out after the shooter has achieved his number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to establish a point, or the first roll after a point has been achieved.

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

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a two, three or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first 2 races of the day.

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

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

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event wager, which means to bet on a group or player to win or place in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays out the same number as bet, ( 1:1 ).

EXACTA: laying odds that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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