Action
The amount of money wagered (put into action) by a player during an entire playing session.

Ante
A forced bet in which each player places equal (and typically small) amount into the pot before the deal begins.

Bankroll
A player’s total gambling money.

Barred
Same as Banned. Not allowed to enter the casino premises permanently.

Betting limits
In a table game, the minimum and maximum amounts of money that a player can wager on one bet.

Blind bet
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.

Boat
AKA (a full house)

Buck
A $100 wager

Bug
A joker

Bump
To raise.

Burn Cards
Remove cards from the top of the deck, not to be dealt, and place them in the discard tray after a shuffle and cut.

Capping
Referred to capping of bets. Placing extra chips on top of initial bet after the deal has begun. It is a serious form of cheating by a player.

Card Counting
Used in blackjack game. Recording (in memory) played cards (usually high cards) so as to establish a conditional probability advantage on the remaining cards against the dealer.

Card Sharp
A person who is an expert at cards.

Cold
A player on a losing streak, or a slot machine that is not paying out.

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

Comps
Complimentary gifts given by the casino to entice players to gamble. Typical comps include free hotel room, meals and beverages.

Croupier
French word for Dealer, used in the games of baccarat and roulette.

Dead man hand
Two black Aces and two black 8s (the hand the Wild Bill Hicock was holding when he was shot dead by Jack McCall on August 2, 1876

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.

Dime Bet
A $1000 wager.

Dollar Bet
A $100 wager.

Dividend
means the agreed payout or return on any bet.

Down Card
A face down card.

Dont Come Bet
Craps A bet placed on the Don’t Come Bar. Same rules as the Don’t Pass Line, except placed after the comeout roll.

Don't Pass Bet
Craps A wager placed prior to the ComeOut Roll that a seven will be rolled before a point is repeated.

Dolly Parton
9, 5 ('Nine to Five').

Dont Pass Line
The area on the layout where Don’t Pass Bets are placed.

Double Up
To increase a wager after the first two cards are drawn.

Double Down
– To make a second bet on a player’s blackjack hand, in which the player only receives one additional card.

Dog
King and 9 (K9).

Draw
Where competitors in an event finish evenly. Where there is a draw and this is not offered as a betting option, the return will be divided by the number of joint winners.

Edge
An advantage over an opponent.

Edge
The casino’s advantage.

Even Money
When the player has a blackjack and the dealer has an ace showing, a payout offered before the hole card is checked. Pays 11 instead of 32.

EvenMoney
A payoff of 11.

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

Face Cards
The Jack, Queen, and King of any suit of cards.

Family Pot
In poker, when everyone at the table decides to enter a pot

Fifth Street
In sevencard stud, the third round of betting is called fifth street because players have five cards. In hold ‘em , fifth street is the fifth card on board and the final round of betting.

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.

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

Flop
In a game of hold ‘em, the three cards dealt faceup in the center of the table.

Flush
In poker, a hand consisting of five cards of one suit.

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

Forest
Four 3s ('trees').

Foul
In pai gow poker, a hand is fouled when the twocard low hand is set higher than the fivecard high hand, or when the hands are set with the wrong number of cards. A fouled hand is a losing hand.

Four of a kind
Four cards of the same rank, also known as quads.

Fourth Street
In sevencard stud, the second round of betting is called fourth street because players have four cards. In hold ‘em, fourth street is the fourth card on board and the third round of betting.

Full House
In poker, a hand consisting of a three of a kind and a pair.

Get Even
Amount you need to bet to break even.

Hard Hand
In blackjack, any hand that does not contain an ace valued at eleven.

Hardways Bets
In Craps Hard Six (two 3's) and Hard Eight (two 4's), pay 9 to 1, and Hard Four (two 2's) and Hard Ten (two 5's), pay 7 to 1. You win if the Hardway you are betting rolls before a 7 or a nonpair combination of the number bet.

Harry Potter
Jack and King (JK Rowling).

High Roller
A player that wagers big bets.

Hit
To take another card.

Hole Card
The dealer's facedown card.

Hot
A player who is on a winning streak, or a slot machine that is paying out.

Horn Bet
A oneroll bet that combines the 2, 3, 11, and 12.

House Advantage
The casino inbuilt advantage, usually gained by paying less than the odds.

Insurance
A side bet that the dealer has a blackjack. It’s offered when the dealer's upcard is an ace. If the dealer has a blackjack, the bet is paid 21. If the dealer does not, the insurance bet loses.

Juice
The bookmaker's commission, also known as vigorish

Let it Ride
A poker game.

Load up
To play the maximum number of coins per spin that a slot machine or video game will allow.

Loose
Referred to slot machines that have a generous payout.

Lumpy
A breakin dealer. Called this because their dealing is not smooth.

Magnum
Two 4s (Colt .44).

Mechanic
Slang term meaning a dealer who cheats.

Monkey
Chinese term used in casinos for a card valued at ten.

Motown
Two Jacks, two 5s (Jacks-on-fives).

Nickels
$5 chips.

Nonnegotiable
A promotional chip which can’t be exchanged for cash.

Odds
Ratio of probabilities.

One Roll Bets
Wagers that will win or lose depending on the next roll of the dice.

Oedipus
Jack on Queen.

Over and Out
10, 4.

Overlay
A good bet where the player has an edge over the casino.

Payoff
The return or payback the player receives for his or her wager.

Pay Table
The chart that shows what each win pays

Pallette
The flat paddle used on the baccarat tables to scoop the cards.

Pass Line Bet
A wager made prior to the comeout roll that a point will repeat.

Pass Line
The area where a PassLine Bet is placed.

Pit
An area of a casino in which a group of table games are arranged, where the center area is restricted to dealers and other casino personnel.

Pit Boss
A supervisor who oversees a gaming area. Usually supervises more than one table at the same time.

Point
Dice term for the number rolled on the comeout roll if a 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10. The point has to be repeated before a seven rolls for the Pass Line bets to win.

Pocket Cards
Which are sometimes referred to as hole cards or down cards. These cards are dealt face down. A third card is dealt to each player face up. Face up cards are also called up cards or open cards.

Pocket Rockets
Two Aces.

Press a Bet
Adding the winnings over the current bet to 'let it ride'.

Probability
A mathematical calculation that establishes the likelihood that an event will occur.

Proposition Bet
Dice bets on number combinations.

Push
A tie hand between a dealer and a player.

Quarters
$25 chips.

Rated
Determination by the casino that a player's skill level is above average or on a professional level. A player's rating may be stored on computer and referred to the pit.

Right Bettor
A person betting on the Pass Line.

Session
A period of play at any gambling game.

SevenOutRolling
a seven after the point has been established.

Shill
A person employed by the casino as a game starter.

Shoe
Device, usually a wooden box, used for holding and dispensing playing cards to be dealt.

Shuffle Up
Premature shuffling of playing cards by the dealer.

Split bet
In Roulette a two number wager that allows you to cover two numbers with one bet.

Spooking
Used in blackjack game. The act of standing behind the dealer to peak at the hole card and then secretly convey the information to a partner player sitting at the table. An illegal form of cheating

Sportsbook
A collection of all the bets taken on a fixed odds betting event

Stake
The amount of money that is bet.

Stand
To not take any more cards.

Stickman
The dice dealer who calls the numbers rolled and controls the stick.

Stud Poker
Poker game with no draw.

Surrender
To give up half the wager before the hand is complete. .

Tell Play
Observing the dealer's body language and expressions to determine his hand of cards.

The AK47
Ace, King, 4, 7.

The Devil
Three 6s.

The Horsemen
Four Kings.

Toke
A tip given to the dealer in the form of money or chips.

Underlay
A bad or unfavorable bet.

Upcard
The face up card of the dealer's initial hand in blackjack.

Vigorish
(Also abbreviated Vig.) The casino edge or commission taken by the house.

Village People
Four Queens.

VIP
A Very Important Person. Usually a big bettor or a high roller.

Wager
The amount of money at risk

Working
A dice term meaning that the bets are in play.

Wheel
Ace, 2, 3, 4, 5.

World Bet
A oneroll dice bet on the horn including the seven.

Wrong Bettor
A dice player who bets on the Don’t Pass Line.