Online Casino Terms
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A
Ante
The initial bet before you receive your cards in Casino Stud Poker.
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B
Bankroll
Also known as 'roll' or 'wad' (colloq.) This is gambling money or risk money, as opposed to the money you live on.
Basic Strategy
This is the name given to the mathematically correct play for every match-up of dealers hand against players hand in Blackjack.
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C
Case money
Emergency money.
Chip
Casinos in the U.K. require you to use chips to denote money. They are purchased at the gaming tables and exchanged at the cashier's booth.
Cut
Casino Stud Poker and Blackjack. Players are required to place the 'cut card' in the pack of cards. Cards below this are moved onto the top of the pack. Its an extra shuffle for security.
Cut Card
A black (usually) plastic card placed in a pack of cards to seperate top from bottom
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D
Drop
Money lost.
Double Zero
American roulette (not in the U.K.) uses a wheel that has 38 numbered slots. Zero to 36 and a slot marked "00" and known as 'double zero'. Edge against the player is 5.4%.
Down to the felt
Totally out of money, broke.
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F
Full House
A five card hand consisting of 'trips' and a 'pair'.
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J
Juice
(U.S)”Vig”. Money taken as the rake in a game.
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L
Ladies
Queens.
Layout
Cloth on a gaming table. Markings tell you where you can place your bets.
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O
On tilt
Going 'on tilt' is a bad reaction to an unlucky hand. The result is wild play.
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P
Paint
A Jack, Queen or King. Picture card. Face card.
Pair
Two cards of the same rank.
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Q
Quads
Four of a kind.
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R
Rack
Plastic, wooden or metal tray to place rows of poker chips.
Railbirds
Spectators. Kibitzers.
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S
Seconds
Cheating by dealing the second card instead of the top card.
Single Zero
Roulette wheel in Britain only have one 'zero' as opposed to roulette in America and elsewhere where you may find 'double zero'. Zero is always green.
Stack
20 chips in a column, frequently used in Roulette.
Straight Flush
Five consecutive cards of the same suit.
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T
Trips
Three cards of the same rank.
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V
Vig
Vig is short for the word 'vigorish'. Also referred to as 'juice'(US). This can be either; the tax that the house takes (rake) in each hand of poker or the up-front fee.
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W
White meat
Profit.
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