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Even though the reality that internet wagering is now a many billion dollar business, and endless thousands of new bettors around the world sign up each day to play at web casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet gambling who don’t as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the terminology employed in web gambling, and wagering on athletic event in general. Notwithstanding, knowledge of these terms is indispensable to understanding the games and policies of play:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of her money into the pot. A side pot is developed for the wagerers with additional chips.

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

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

BRING-IN: A required bet in 7-card stud made by the player showing the lowest value card.

BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a gambler’s cards are valued over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum sum of money required to enter a game or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the game without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to lay a wager on par with but opposite of the opening bet.

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

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line bet, but carried out after the player has established her number.

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

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

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or twelve is an automatic defeat on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the first 2 matches of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To wager that the result 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 3 sets of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports wager, indicating to wager on a group or player to succeed or place in a match.

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

EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a match will finish in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a wager carried out on a block of 5 numbers, such as 1-2-3-0, and 00.