Even though the fact that online wagering is now a billion dollar industry, and endless thousands of brand-new players around the world log in daily to wager at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the jargon used in online wagering, and betting on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these ideas is necessary to interpreting the games and regulations of gaming:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in alludes to a player has deposited all of her money into the pot. A second pot is set up for the gamblers with additional chips.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for allocating a required number of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in seven-card stud made by the player displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in blackjack, when a player’s cards total over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the lowest value of money necessary to enter a match or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match and not wagering. This is allowed only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to make a wager equal to but converse of the starting wager.

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

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line bet, but made after the player has ascertained his number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to establish a point, or the 1st toss after a point has been ascertained.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the champions of the 1st two matches of the night.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of 3 groups of twelve numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, meaning to wager on a group or player to win or place in a game.

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

EXACTA: wagering that two horses in a race will complete the race in the absolute same assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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