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Despite the reality that web gambling is now a many billion dollar business, and countless thousands of new players around the globe sign up each day to bet at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of newcomers to the world of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear comprehension of much of the dialect employed in online gambling, and betting on athletic event in general. However, knowledge of these ideas is indispensable to knowing the games and codes of play:

ACTION: Any style of bet.

ALL-IN: In poker, all-in means a player has risked all of their money into the pot. A side pot is created for the players with remaining money.

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

ANTE: A poker term for placing a necessary amount of money into the pot beforeeach hand starts.

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

BUST: You lose; As in blackjack, when a gambler’s cards are valued over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The minimum sum of money required to get in a game or event.

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

CHECK: In poker, to remain in the match without betting. This is acceptable only if no other players wager in that round.

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

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

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

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial toss to ascertain a point, or the 1st toss after a number has been arrived at.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the champions of the 1st 2 races of the tournament.

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 referred to as a "sell".

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to gamble on one or more of 3 categories of 12 numbers, one-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletics wager, meaning to wager on a team or player to win or place in a match.

EVEN MONEY BET: A wager that pays the same amount as bet, ( one to one ).

EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a contest will complete the race in the exact same assignment as the wager – 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.