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Despite the actuality that online gambling is now a billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional players around the world sign up every day to wager at internet casinos, there are still millions of new players to the world of internet gambling who do not as yet have a good comprehension of much of the terminology employed in internet gambling, and gambling on sports in general. In any case, knowledge of these terms is essential to understanding the games and regulations of wagering:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

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 remaining chips.

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary number of money into the pot prior to the start of each hand.

BRING-IN: A mandatory bet in seven-card stud carried out by the gambler showing the lowest value card.

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

BUY-IN: The minimum value of chips necessary to enter a match or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the game and not betting. This is acceptable only if no other gamblers wager in that round.

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

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three columns of a roulette table.

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

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

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the initial two events of the night.

DOWN BET: To bet 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 wager on one or more of three sets of twelve numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event gamble, indicating to bet on a group or player to win or medal in an event.

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

EXACTA: laying odds that 2 horses in a race will complete the race in the exact identical assignment as the bet – also referred to as a " Perfecta ".

FIVE-NUMBER LINE BET: In roulette, a bet placed on a block of 5 numbers, for instance 1-2-3-0, and 00.