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GLOSSARY
OF GAMBLING TERMS
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green |
The
most common color used for $25 chips. |
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hand |
Refers
to the cards that you hold, or to everything that happens
in a card game between shuffles of the deck. |
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hard
hand |
In
blackjack, any hand that does not contain an ace valued at
eleven. |
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high
poker |
Standard
poker, as compared to low poker or lowball.
In high poker, high hands win. |
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high
roller |
A
big bettor. |
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hit |
In
blackjack, to take another card. The card received is also called a hit. |
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hod
'em |
A
class of poker games |
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holding
your own |
Breaking
even |
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hole
card |
In
blackjack, the facedown card that the dealer gets.
In stud and hold 'em poker, the facedown cards dealt
to each player. |
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hot |
A
player who is on a winning streak, or a slot machine that
is paying out. |
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house
edge |
The
percentage of each bet that you make that the house takes
in. Winning bets are
paid off at less than the true odds to generate income for
the house. |
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inside
bets |
A
roulette bet placed on any number, or small combination of
numbers. |
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inside
straight |
In
poker, four cards of a straight where the straight can only
be completed one way. |
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insurance |
In
blackjack, a side bet that the dealer has a natural.
Insurance is offered only when the dealers up card
is an ace. The insurance
bet wins double if the
dealer has a natural, but loses if the dealer does not. |
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jackpot |
A
big win on a slot machine. |
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joker |
The
53rd card in a deck, sometimes used as a wild card. |
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keno
board |
A
large electronic board that displays the winning keno numbers. |
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keno
lounge |
The
main area within a casino where keno is played. |
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keno
runner |
A
casino employee who shuttles your keno bet from wherever you
are to the keno writer, and also delivers payment for winning
tickets. |
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kicker |
In
a draw poker game, an odd high card held that doesn't contribute
to a straight or a flush, usually an ace or a king. |
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limit |
In
poker, any game that has a fixed limit on how much you can
bet or raise in each round. |
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load
up |
To
play the maximum number of coins per spin that a slot machine
or video game will allow. |
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loose |
Slot
machines are loose when they are paying off and giving the
house only a small advantage over the player. |
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low
poker |
Also
called lowball, is poker in which the pot is awarded to the
hand with the lowest poker value. |
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