Despite the reality that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new wagerers around the world log in daily to wager at web gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of online gambling who do not as yet have a good understanding of much of the dialect employed in internet wagering, and gambling on athletic event in general. In any case, understanding of these ideas is indispensable to understanding the games and policies of betting:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a gambler has deposited all of their chips into the pot. A second pot is created for the bettors with additional money.

ALL-UP: To bet on several horses in the identical contest.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a required number of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the gambler displaying the smallest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards exceed a value over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum sum of cash required to enroll in a match or tournament.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is applicable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a wager on par with but converse of the starting wager.

COLUMN BET: To wager 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 player has achieved his number.

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

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

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

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

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event 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 gamble on any of 3 categories of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

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

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

EXACTA: gambling that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the exact identical order as the wager – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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