Despite the actuality that internet wagering is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional gamblers world-wide log in every day to wager at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the world of online gambling who don’t as yet have a clear understanding of much of the catchphrases employed in web betting, and betting on sports in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to comprehending the games and policies of wagering:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has deposited all of her bankroll into the pot. A side pot is created for the players with remaining money.

ALL-UP: To wager on many horses in the same contest.

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a required sum of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A mandatory wager in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in chemin de fer, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least value of funds necessary to enter a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out bet.

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet on par with but converse of the leading wager.

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

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has arrived at his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to arrive at a point, or the initial roll after a number is arrived at.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to blanket all the spots on a bingo sheet.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial two matches of the day.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result of an action will be smaller 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 three groups of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to wager on a group or player to win or position in a match.

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

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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