Even though the actuality that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and boundless thousands of additional gamblers around the globe log in each day to gamble at internet gambling halls, there are still millions of new players to the world of online wagering who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the terminology employed in internet wagering, and wagering on athletics in general. In any case, understanding of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and rules of gambling:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a gambler has put all of his bankroll into the pot. A second pot is developed for the players with additional chips.

ALL-UP: To bet on numerous horses in the same race.

ANTE: A poker term for allocating a specified sum of money into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.

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

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

BUY-IN: The the lowest amount of funds required to appear in a match or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet is the same as a previously made bet.

CHECK: In poker, to stay in the match and not wagering. This is acceptable only if no other players bet in that round.

CLOSING A BET: As in spread wagering, meaning to put a wager on par with but opposite of the first wager.

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

COME BET: In craps, the same as a pass-line wager, but made after the shooter has arrived at his point.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to arrive at a point, or the initial roll after a number has been achieved.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the initial two events of the tournament.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to bet on one or more of three sets of 12 numbers, 1-12, etc.

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

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

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a match will complete the race in the exact identical order as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

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