Despite the reality that web gambling is now a multi-billion dollar industry, and countless thousands of additional players around the world log in each day to wager at internet gambling dens, there are still millions of new players to the environment of internet betting who do not as yet have a clear understanding of much of the dialect used in online wagering, and gambling on athletic event in general. Nonetheless, understanding of these terms is indispensable to interpreting the games and regulations of gambling:

ACTION: Any style of wager.

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

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

ANTE: A poker phrase for placing a necessary amount of chips into the pot beforeevery hand starts.

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

BUST: You lose; As in vingt-et-un, when a player’s cards are valued over twenty-one.

BUY-IN: The the least amount of cash required to enter a game or event.

CALL: As in poker, when a bet equals an already carried out bet.

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

CLOSING A BET: Like in spread betting, meaning to lay a bet on par with but opposite 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 achieved their number.

COME-OUT ROLL: A crapshooters initial roll to establish a number, or the first toss after a number is established.

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

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

DAILY DOUBLE: To select the winners of the 1st 2 races of the day.

DOWN BET: To bet that the outcome 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 gamble on one or more of 3 groups of twelve numbers, 1-12, etc.

EACH WAY BET: A sports bet, indicating to bet on a team or player to win or place in an event.

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

EXACTA: wagering that 2 horses in a race 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 wager made on a group of five numbers, like 1-2-3-0, and 00.