Even though the fact that internet gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and countless thousands of additional bettors world-wide log in every day to wager at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of online wagering who don’t as yet have a good understanding of a lot of the catchphrases employed in online wagering, and wagering on athletics in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to interpreting the games and policies of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

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

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

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

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

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

BUY-IN: The minimum value of money necessary to appear in a match or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals a previously carried out wager.

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a wager equal to but converse of the opening bet.

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

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the hurler has established his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to achieve a point, or the initial roll after a number has been arrived at.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the first 2 events of the night.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome of an action will be smaller than the lowest 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 twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics gamble, indicating to gamble on a team or player to win or medal in a game.

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

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet made on a group of five numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.