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Casino Nights Chemin De Fer Chips Are In Chouette Club Dice Cold Call Color Up Countdown Cover to Win. GLOSSARY OF GAMBLING TERMS Long list, arranged in. Deuce - Gambling slang terms for two (like in the game Deuces Wild). Deposit Methods - The range of payment options players have in order to fund their casino accounts. This will vary from casino to casino and will also change depending on the country of play. In sports gambling, the term “sharp” is used to refer to intelligent and astute bettors. Shoe: A shoe is a casino device which is used for holding and dispensing playing cards to be dealt. Snake Eyes: Snake eyes is the outcome of rolling two dice in any gambling game and getting one pip on each die. Craps: A game involving dice and the establishing of points to wager on. Or, Dice term for a roll totaling 2, 3, and 12. Crossroader: A casino cheat. Croupier: The French word for dealer, used in the games of baccarat, craps, and roulette.

86'd (eighty-sixed): The act of getting booted from a casino for cheating.

Action: Sum total of your winnings.

All in: In poker, to put your last remaining chips into the pot.

Ante: In poker, a small portion of the minimum bet that each player is required to put into the pot before a new hand starts.

Any craps: A one roll bet in craps totaling 2, 3, or 12.

Any seven: A one roll bet in craps totaling any 7.

Baccarat: A card game where the winning hand totals closest to 9 discounting all units of 10.

Bankroll: Amount of money an individual or a casino has to gamble with.

Basic strategy: In blackjack, the set of plays that you should make to maximize your advantage.

Betting limits: In a table game, the minimum and maximum amounts of money that you can wager on one bet. You cannot wager less than the minimum or more than the maximum amount posted.

Black: $100 casino chip.

Blackjack: A card game where players try to beat the dealer by getting closest to 21 without going over.

Blind: A bet that certain poker players are required to make because of their betting positions.

Bluff: In poker, players bluff when raising with a weak hand in hopes of driving out players with stronger hands.

Board: In poker, the community cards dealt face-up in the center of the table are referred to as on the “board.”

Boat: In poker, another term for a full house, a pair and three of a kind.

Book: The room where sports and race bets are made.

Boxcars: Rolling two sixes (12) in craps.

Boxman: The craps dealer who sits over the drop box and supervises bets and payoffs.

Bring-in: In seven-card stud, the bring-in is a mandatory bet made by the player with the lowest upcard in the first round of betting.

Burn card: In card games, the card temporarily removed from play. After a shuffle and cut, one card is placed on the bottom of the deck or in the discard tray, which is called burning the card.

Bust: To exceed a card total of 21 in Blackjack.

Call: In poker, when a player matches the current bet on the table.

Card counting: Keeping track of all cards that have been played since the shuffle.

Caribbean Stud: A five-card poker game where all the players are playing against the house.

Carpet joint: A casino catering to high rollers.

Casino advantage: The edge that the house has over the players.

Check: In casino gambling, a check is another term for a chip. In poker, a player can check in order to stay in the game but not bet.

Chips: Round tokens that are used on casino gaming tables in lieu of cash.

Color up: When a player leaving a game exchanges smaller denomination chips for larger denomination chips.

Come Bet: In Craps A wager placed on the come line.

Come-Out Roll: In Craps, the first roll of the dice or the first roll after a point has been made. This roll establishes the point.

Comp: Short for free or complimentary.

Coupons: Redeemable for nearly everything from a free meal to a free pull on a slot machine. (Ask the hotel whether it has a coupon book.)

Cover: A wager where the point spread is met for a win.

Craps: A game involving dice and the establishing of points to wager on. or, Dice term for a roll totaling 2, 3, and 12.

Crossroader: A casino cheat.

Croupier: The French word for dealer, used in the games of baccarat, craps, and roulette.

Cut card: A card of different color that is used to cut a deck of cards.

Cut: When the dealer divides a deck into two parts and inverts them after they have been well shuffled.

Dark: No show; as in Dark Sundays means no shows on Sunday.

Deal: To give out the cards during a hand in blackjack and poker.

Designated dealer: In poker games like Texas hold ‘em, the player to the left of the dealer bets first. In a poker room where each game has a resident dealer, a different player serves as the designated dealer for each hand.

Deuce: A two card or on a die.

Dice: Two identical numbered cubes.

Discard tray: A tray on the dealer’s right side that holds all the cards that have been played or discarded.

Double down: In blackjack, it is the player’s option to double their original bet in exchange for receiving only one more card. To do this the player turns over their first two cards and places an equal bet alongside the original bet. Some casinos limit this to card totals of 10 or 11, others allow it on any first two cards.

Draw: In draw poker, the second round of cards that are dealt.

Drop box: A locked box located on live gambling tables where dealers deposit paper money.

Drop: Total cash traded for chips at the gambling table.

Edge: The casino's advantage often referred to as the house advantage. An advantage over an opponent.

Even money: A bet that pays you back the same amount that you wagered, plus your original wager. Shown as a ratio of 1:1.

Exotic wager: Any wager other than a straight bet or parlay (also referred to as a proposition or prop).

Expected win rate: A percentage of the total amount of money wagered that you can expect to win or lose over time.

Eye in the Sky: One-way mirror surveillance in the casino area.

Face cards: The jack, queen, and king of any suit of cards

. First base: At the blackjack table, the position on the far left of the dealer is considered to be first base and is the first position dealt with.

Fishing: A player who stays in a poker game longer than advisable generally is fishing for the card or two that will make the hand a winner.

Flat top: A slot machine whose jackpot is always a fixed amount, as opposed to a progressive.

Fold: In poker, when a player declines a bet and drops out of the hand.

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