Ante:
The minimum bet required to place in a card game in order to be in the game and receive a hand.
Barred:
Being banned from entering the casino on a permanant basis.
Betting Limits:
The minimum and maximum amounts of money permitted for a player to wager on a bet in a table game.
Blackjack:
The currently-acepted name of the game formerly known as "21".
The name for a winning hand of two cards- an ace plus a ten-value card.
Blind Bet:
A poker term referring to a player posting a bet without seeing any of his/her cards.
Box:
During a chouette in backgammon, the Box is the player playing against the larger group, or "team".
Call:
A poker term meaning to match the current bet and remain in the game.
Captain:
In a backgammon choutte, the captain is the head of the team that's playing against the box. It is the captain who performs all the moves and rolling of the dice on the board.
Card Sharp:
An expert card player
Cashier's cage:
The location in the casino where the players go to cash in their chips.
Casino Advantage:
"The house edge" the statistical advantage that the casino holds over the players.
Chip/s:
The plastic round discs that represent the player's cash situation. Money is exchanged for chips in the casino in order to participate in games.
Chouette:
A more social version of backgammon that allows more than two players to compete on the same board.
Comps:
Complimentary gift provided by the casino to entice players to stay and play more. These often include meals, beverages, and hotel lodging.
Credit:
A term from online casinos. Expresses 1 unit of a player's monetary wager.
Credit button:
The button on the slot machine and video machine that allows the player to bank coins in the form of credits.
Croupier:
A french word heard around the baccarat and roulette tables used to call the dealer.
Deal:
The act of distributing the cards during a card game.
Deuce:
A two value in dice.
Double up:
An option in blackjack for the player to reveal his two cards and double his bet. The player is then dealt one additional card only. If the hand beats that of the dealer's, or if the dealer busts, the player received twice the amount of his original bet. If the player loses, twice the amount of their original bet goes to the house.
Drop:
Money that has been lost.
Even Money Bet:
A bet that gives 1:1 odds. That is, the house pays back the same amount that the player wagered plus returns the bet to the player.
Face Card:
Jack, Queen, and King. There are a total of 12 face cards in a deck of cards.
Fill:
A poker term meaning to draw a card from the dealer that eventually makes a five-card hand (a straight, flush, full house, and straight flush)
Firing:
A player who is firing is putting down large sums of money in his bets.
First Base:
the seat at the blackjack table that is the first on the left side of the dealer. That player is the first to be be dealt.
Fish:
The player who is losing money constantly. There is always one player at the table who is said to be the fish.
Flat Betting:
Never changing up the value of the bet. Wagering the same amount play after play, regardless of wins or losses.
Flat Top:
One of two types of slot machines. A flat top is one whose jackpot is always set on a fied amount.
Gross winnings:
The total payout available in a play.
Hand:
Refers to the cards that you, the player, hold in your possession during play.
Hit:
A poker term meaning to request another card for your hand. In backgammon, a hit means an opposing checker landing on a point occupied by an enemy checker and sending it to the bar.
Holding your own:
Breaking even. Neither winning nor losing.
House:
The gambling center where the games are. Also refers to the operators of a particular game.
Jackpot:
The big win at the slot machine.
Joker:
The additional card to the 52-card deck. It is often used as a wild card.
Layout:
The playing surface of the gambling table. The layout is marked to signal where to place bets and chips.
Lobby:
The main portal in the online gambling software that allows the player to navigate between different games, and latest news.
Loose:
A slang term for a slot machine that have a generous payout.
Low Poker:
A version of poker which rewards the hand with the lowest poker value. It is often also called "lowball"
Marker:
A well-respected player can write a sort of check at the gaming table once he has established credit with the casino.
Martingale:
A mathematical betting system based on doubling ones bet after each loss in order to once again break even.
Match Play:
Tournaments often us this competition system. Matches between two players are decided on which player accumulates a required number of points.
Maximum Bet:
A button appearing on the slot machine that signals a wager of the maximum coin size. Outside of slots, the 'maximum bet' is the highest bet a player is allowed to make.
Mechanic:
A slang term referring to a dealer who cheats.
Multi-Player Casino:
An online casino feature allowing two players to play against eachother.
Natural:
A natural is a two-card hand of twenty one points in blackjack. In baccarat it is a two-card total of eight, or nine.
Non-negotiable Chips:
Chips distributed by the casino as a promotion that cannot be exchanged for cash.
Odds:
The range of probabilities held within the casino. The number by which a casino offers to multiply a player's bet in the case of a win.
On tilt:
An impulsive and wild way of playing in reaction to an unlucky hand.
Open:
The player who places the first bet in poker.
Paint:
A face card- one of the three picture cards; Jack, Queen, King.
Pass:
An decision taken in card games not to bet, or fold.
Payline:
The horizontal line across a slot machine window that on which the symbols from each reel line up and determine a win.
Payout:
The amount of money distributed to a player after a win.
Pigeon:
An unexperienced and naive gambler.
Playing the Rush:
A poker term referring to a player attempting to take advantage of a hot streak experienced in a game and beginning to play more aggressively.
Pocket cards:
The face-down cards dealt out to players in a poker game.
Points:
The triangular shapes on the backgammon board on which the checkers are placed at the beginning of play.
Pot:
The pile of money at the center of the poker table that accumulates as every player adds money to his bet. The winner of the game takes the pot.
Progressive:
A version of slot machine where the jackpot increases with every coin that is played on it. After the jackpot is hit, the progressive machine begins to accumulate again from the beginning.
Punto banco:
The European name for the game Baccarat.
Push:
where both the player and the dealer present the same valued hand at the end of play and neither wins.
Quads:
Having four of a kind in a game of poker.
Qualifier:
A representation of the minimum ranking a poker hand must have in order to qualify to take part of the pot.
Rack:
A large plastic container or tray that allows the player to transport coins, tokens, and chips.
Rake:
The percentage of the pot value which the house takes from every hand of poker. The "Charge" is usually between 5-10 percent.
Rank:
The value of a set of cards in poker.
RFB:
Some of the possible comps offered by a casino- Room, Food, and Beverage.
River:
The final card dealt in a hand of hold'em or stud poker.
Royal Flush:
The highest possible poker hand.
Sacred Money:
Money that the player cannot afford to lose.
Session:
Time spent sitting at a table or a period of play on a specific game.
Showdown:
The stage in poker after the last betting round where all remaining players show their cards to determine a winner.
Snake Eyes:
Rolling a two in craps. The 'snake' means bad news for the shooter. The 'eyes' because the two two's resemble eyes.
Soft Hand:
Any hand in blackjack that counts its ace as eleven.
Standing hand:
Any hand in blackjack totaling a 17 or more that has a high likelihood to bust if one more card is dealt and brings the total over 21. A player is expected to stand in such a scenario.
Stud Poker:
One of the two forms of poker games. This style of poker is played with open (exposed)cards and with one or more concealed cards (hole/down cards).
Suit:
Any one of four types of cards that aren't face cards. Suit cards are called clubs, diamonds, hearts and spades.
Surrender:
An option provided in blackjack and roulette to give u half of one's bet in order not to play out a hand.
Tapping Out:
Having to stop playing due to completely exhausting one's complete funds.
Ticket:
Another name for a card
Tournament:
A competition inviting a group of players over a period of time. A tournament often results not only in one grand winner, but 2nd place, 3rd, and so on.
Trips:
Showing three cards of the same rank.
Up Card:
The face up card in the dealer's blackjack hand.
VIP:
Very Importand Person. A serious gambler or a respected guest at a casino.
Wild Card:
A card (sometimes the Joker) for which the player can declare a value for in order to complete a hand.
Wild Royal Flush:
A Royal Flush in poker that takes advantage of the wild card option.
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