Regardless of the actuality that internet gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional gamblers world-wide sign up daily to play at online gambling dens, there are still millions of newbies to the environment of online betting who don’t as yet have a good understanding of much of the doublespeak employed in internet wagering, and wagering on athletic event in general. However, knowledge of these terms is necessary to understanding the games and codes of gaming:

ACTION: Any type of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has put all of his bankroll into the pot. A side pot is set up for the gamblers with additional money.

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

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

BRING-IN: A necessary wager in 7-card stud carried out by the gambler displaying the lowest value card.

BUST: You lose; As in 21, when a player’s cards exceed a value over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimum value of cash required to enter a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already made wager.

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

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to place a bet on par with but opposite of the leading bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the 3 columns of a roulette game.

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has established their number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters 1st toss to achieve a number, or the 1st roll after a point is arrived at.

COVERALL: A bingo term, meaning to fill all the spots on a bingo card.

CRAPPING OUT: In craps, to toss a 2, 3 or 12 is an immediate loss on the come-out toss.

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the initial two races of the night.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on any of 3 groups of 12 numbers, one-twelve, etc.

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

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

EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in an event will complete the race in the absolute same order as the wager – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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