Casino Vocabulary

In craps, a bet that the next roll will be 2.

A

A casino card game in which players hold two- or three-card hands, the winning hand being that giving the highest remainder when its face value is divided by ten.

B

1. The amount of money a player comes to the casino with to be used strictly for placing bets.

B

A wager made using stacks of chips of various colors and values.

B

A casino card game in which the object is to try to acquire cards with a face value as close as possible to 21 without going over.

B

To reshuffle a deck of cards during a blackjack game to prevent players from using banned strategies.

B

A tightly controlled environment in which most of the large money transactions take place. Also the place players go to cash out (exchange chips for currency).

C

A blackjack strategy that, while not illegal, is banned in casinos.

C

A disc used as currency in many casino games.

C

To exchange lower value chips for higher value ones.

C

The first roll of a craps game.

C

A casino game in which two dice are rolled and certain number combinations win or lose. Players bet on correctly predicting the outcome of the dice rolls.

C

A casino employee who helps supervise the dealers at gaming tables and watches for any problems or irregularities.

F

A gambler who slowly works through his bankroll, betting very conservatively and in small amounts.

G

A card that is dealt face down.

H

A casino game in which players make a wager before choosing 20 numbers (usually between 1 and 80). Twenty numbers are drawn at random and players are paid based on their wager and how many of their chosen numbers were drawn.

K

A plastic device that dealers use to push paper money into the drop box.

P

Checks written by players to the casino that are not honored by the bank due to insufficient funds.

P

An area behind specialty game tables where supervisory personnel stand and monitor the games.

P

A casino card game with many variations that revolves around trying to obtain the best hand based on specific patterns.

P

A casino game in which a ball is dropped onto a revolving wheel with numbered compartments, the players betting on the number at which the ball will come to rest.

R

A casino employee who goes around to empty tables and pretends to be a player in order to get a game going and attract other players.

S

A casino game in which a machine displaying three or more reels pays out according to the pattern of symbols displayed on the reels when they stop spinning.

S

Umbrella term for games played against the casino and run by live croupiers.

T

Color of the lowest value poker chip in most casinos.

W