Despite the reality that web gambling is now a many billion dollar industry, and boundless thousands of new wagerers around the world log on each day to play at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of a lot of the doublespeak employed in internet gambling, and gambling on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, insight of these terms is essential to knowing the games and regulations of betting:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of her chips into the pot. A second pot is developed for the bettors with additional chips.

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

ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary figure of money into the pot just beforeeach hand begins.

BRING-IN: A required bet 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 exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of funds necessary to appear in a game or tournament.

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

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

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager on par with but converse of the first bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more 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 point.

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

COVERALL: A bingo term, which means to blanket all the numbers on a bingo card.

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial 2 matches of the night.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on any of three groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports gamble, indicating to wager on a team or player to win or position in an event.

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

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

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