Even though the reality that internet gambling is now a billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new players world-wide sign on daily to bet at online gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet wagering who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in internet wagering, and wagering on sports in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these ideas is indispensable to interpreting the games and rules of wagering:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of her bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the gamblers with additional money.

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

ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified number of chips into the pot beforeeach hand starts.

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

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

BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of money necessary to enroll in a game or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is allowed only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to place a bet equal to but converse of the opening bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the 3 columns of a roulette table.

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

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

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the 1st 2 races of the tournament.

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

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

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

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

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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