Despite the fact that online gambling is now a multi-billion dollar business, and endless thousands of brand-new bettors world-wide log on daily to bet at web casinos, there are still millions of newbies to the world of internet wagering who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the terminology used in online wagering, and betting on sports in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these terms is necessary to interpreting the games and regulations of wagering:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

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

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

ANTE: A poker term for placing a specified number of chips into the pot just beforeeach hand starts.

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

BUST: You do not win; As in 21, when a player’s cards total over 21.

BUY-IN: The the lowest sum of chips required to enter a game or tournament.

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

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to put a wager on par with but converse of the starting wager.

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

COME BET: In craps, close to a pass-line wager, but carried out after the shooter has arrived at her number.

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

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the first two races of the tournament.

DOWN BET: To bet that the result 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 bet on one or more of 3 categories of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics bet, which means to gamble on a group or player to win or place in a game.

EVEN MONEY BET: A bet that pays the identical sum as wagered, ( 1-1 ).

EXACTA: Betting that 2 horses in a race will finish in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also known as a " Perfecta ".

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