Regardless of the actuality that web betting is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of new players world-wide log on daily to bet at online gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the terminology used in internet wagering, and betting on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these ideas is essential to interpreting the games and regulations of gaming:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

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

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary number of chips into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

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

BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimal sum of cash required to enter a match or event.

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

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet equal to 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, similar to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has established his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first roll to arrive at a point, or the 1st roll after a number has been achieved.

COVERALL: A bingo term, symbolizing to fill all the squares on a bingo sheet.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to roll a 2, three or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial 2 races of the night.

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 one or more of three groups of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, which means to bet on a team or player to win or medal in a game.

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

EXACTA: Betting that two horses in a match will finish in the absolute same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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