Despite the actuality that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of new bettors around the globe sign on each day to play at web gambling dens, there are additionally millions of new players to the environment of internet gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the jargon employed in web wagering, and gambling on athletics in general. However, insight of these terms is necessary to knowing the games and regulations of gambling:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has deposited all of her chips into the pot. A side pot is set up for the bettors with remaining chips.

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

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

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

BUST: You do not win; As in chemin de fer, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimum value of cash necessary to enroll in a game or tournament.

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

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

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread wagering, meaning to put a wager equal to but opposite of the first bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on one or more of the three columns of a roulette table.

COME BET: In craps, similar to a pass-line wager, but made after the hurler has arrived at his point.

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

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To choose the champions of the 1st two matches of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To wager that the outcome of an event will be lower than the smallest end of the quote on a spread bet, also referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on any of 3 groups of 12 numbers, 1-twelve, etc.

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

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays out the identical amount as wagered, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a match will complete the race in the exact same order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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