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Despite the fact that web gambling is now a billion dollar business, and countless thousands of brand-new bettors world-wide sign on daily to wager at web gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the world of online gambling who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the doublespeak used in internet gambling, and wagering on athletics in general. Notwithstanding, understanding of these ideas is necessary to understanding the games and rules of play:

ACTION: Any type of wager.

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

ALL-UP: To wager on numerous horses in the identical contest.

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

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

BUST: You don't win; As in 21, when a gambler's cards exceed a value over 21.

BUY-IN: The minimum sum of cash necessary to enter a game or event.

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

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

CLOSING A BET: As in spread betting, meaning to make a bet on par with but opposite of the starting bet.

COLUMN BET: To wager on any of the three 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 number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters first toss to ascertain a point, or the initial toss after a point has been achieved.

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 automatic loss on the come-out roll.

DAILY DOUBLE: To pick the winners of the initial 2 events of the night.

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

DOZEN BET: In roulette, to wager on one or more of 3 groups of twelve numbers, one-twelve, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A athletic event bet, meaning to gamble on a group or player to succeed or position in a game.

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

EXACTA: gambling that two horses in a match will finish in the exact identical order as the bet - also known as a " Perfecta ".

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