Glossary of Casino Terms

• Action – a bet or wager, or a player’s move in a gambling game
• All or nothing (Keno) - ticket that pays when all or no picked numbers are drawn
• Aggregate limit - payout on a single game
• Ante – minimum bet for all players before a hand begins
• Any craps (Craps) – bet placed totaling 2, 3, or 12
• Any seven (Craps) – bet placed on any 7
• Arm (Craps) – skilled dice thrower able to alter conventional game odds
• Banker – dealer or player who books action of other bettors in card games
• Bankroll – amount of money a person has to gamble with
• Barber pole – betting with different colored and value chips
• Bones – gaming dice
• Cap – maximum bet allowed in a game
• Card counting (Blackjack) – analyzing the percentage of high/low cards to predict outcome of future hands
• Chips – tokens used in casino games that carry a cash value
• Combination way ticket (Keno) – betting same group of numbers in multiple ways
• Comp – free chips or bonuses as gambling reward
• Copy (Pai–gow) – same two–card or five–card hand
• Credit (Video Poker) – money already won but not yet cashed out by player
• Croupier (Baccarat, Roulette) – dealer
• Cut – splitting deck of cards after shuffling
• Deposit – transfer of money to online gambling account
• Double down (Blackjack) – doubling an original bet to receive one extra card
• Edge – advantage that the player or casino has
• Encryption – online casino software security measure to protect transactions and bets
• Even money bet – 1:1 odds that pays the value of the original bet plus the same amount in winnings
• E-wallet – online bank account to manage transactions
• Face cards – jack, queen, or king
• Flash technology – the tech behind no–download gambling software clients
• First base (Blackjack) – first position dealt to far left of dealer
• Foul (Pai-Gow) – lost hand when two–card hand is set higher than five-card hand
• High Roller – player who bets large amounts of money
• Hit (Blackjack) – player’s request for another card
• Hole card (Blackjack) – dealer's face–down card
• House – the casino or gaming establishment
• Inside bet (Roulette) – bet place on a number or small combination of numbers
• Insurance (Blackjack) – extra player bet as insurance against dealer's blackjack hand
• Jacks or Better (Video Poker) – winning hands start with jacks or higher
• Lobby – online casino homepage with all available games listed
• Martingale – A betting system where you double your bet after each losing spin or bet
• Natural (Blackjack, Baccarat) – A term used when a player is dealt a winning hand
• Number pool (Keno) – range of numbers used for betting
• Odds – player's probability of winning or losing
• Outside bets (roulette) – betting 12 or 18 numbers, Red/Black or Odd/Even
• Pass – player’s choice to not bet]
• Payline (Slots) – line on which symbols must land for a win
• Point (Craps) – number established on the come–out roll
• Press a bet – add winnings to current bet
• Progressive (Slots) – jackpot increases with every bet
• Punto Banco (Baccarat) – European name for Baccarat
• Push (Blackjack) – tie hand between the dealer and player
• Random Number Generator – online casino program to randomly assign cards or spins to ensure fairness
• Set (Pai-Gow) – separating hands into two–card and five-card hands.
• Show (Blackjack) – box that holds and dispenses cards
• Soft hand (Blackjack) – A hand containing an ace counted as one or 11
• Stack (Roulette) – A column of 20 chips
• Stand (Blackjack) – A term for when a player requests no more cards
• Straight keno (Keno) – marking individual numbers on a ticket
• Upcard (Blackjack) – A face–up dealer card
• VIP – big bettor or high roller. Also see Whale.
• Wager – bet
• Whale – high roller or big bettor
• Wild card – joker or other card as substitute to make winning hand