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Casino
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Quads |
In
poker, four of a kind.
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| Qualifier |
In
poker, the minimum
ranking a hand must
have in order for
it to be eligible
to take part of the
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| Quartet |
Quartet
Pool are conducted
by the Royal Hong
Kong Jockey Club.
The investor is required
to select the first
four place-getters
in a selected event
in the correct order.
Generally fields are
confined to 14 starters.
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Casino
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Rack |
A
plastic container
in which you can transport
and count large-denominational
coins, slot machine
tokens, and casino
plastic chips. e.
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| Rake |
The
money that the casino
charges for each hand
of poker. It is usually
a percentage (5-10%)
or flat fee that is
taken from the pot
after each round of
betting. |
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| Rank |
In
poker, the worth of
a set of cards. |
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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. |
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| RFB |
Comped
with free Room, Food,
and Beverages. |
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| Riffling |
A
commonly used shuffling
process. To accomplish
a riffle, the deck
is divided roughly
in half and the two
halves are interleaved
by pulling the card
corners up with the
thumbs and letting
the two halves 'riffle'
together. Riffling
is also sometimes
called 'zipping' the
cards. Like card Stripping
(see below), the riffling
process can span a
range from a fine
riffle to a coarse
riffle. |
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River |
In
poker, the final card
dealt in a hand of
stud or hold‘em.
In seven-card stud,
staying in until the
fifth and final round
of betting is called
going to the river.
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| Round
of Play |
A
round or hand of play
can consist of a single
wager or several wagers
made during the time
of a short wagering
event. For example,
in poker the round
of play (wagering
event) begins with
the dealing of the
cards and ends when
the winning player
takes the pot. In
casino craps a round
of play begins with
the 'come out' roll
and ends when the
passline wagers are
decided. This may
take one or several
rolls of the dice.
In between, the player
might have multiple
wagers riding on several
different numbers
and other betting
options. All wagers
made between the time
of the come out roll
and the decision roll
are considered to
be part of that round
of play. In roulette
each spin is counted
as a round of play,
no matter how many
bets you place. |
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Casino
Terms |
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Joint |
A
term for a non-luxury
gambling club. |
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Sawbuck |
Ten
Dollars |
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Money |
Money
that you cannot afford
to lose. |
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| Session |
A
period of play or
a table sitting at
any gambling game.
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Set |
In
Pai-Gow poker, players
set their seven cards
into two separate
hands of two and five
cards each. |
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| Seventh
Street |
In
seven-card stud, the
fifth and final round
of betting is called
seventh street because
players have seven
cards. |
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| Shark |
A
good/crafty player
often posing as a
fish early in the
game. |
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Sharp |
Astute
Bettor |
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| Shill |
A
person who actively
plays in the game
for the house, club,
or casino. Usually
seen at a Baccarat
table to fill empty
seats, until more
real players join
in. |
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| Shiner |
A
tiny mirror or any
reflecting device
used by a cheater
to see unexposed cards.
A reflecting device
used to try and glimpse
the dealer's hole
card. |
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Shoe |
Usually
a wooden box, used
for holding and dispensing
playing cards to be
dealt. Shoe games
are typically composed
of six or eight decks
of cards. |
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Run |
A
short series of wagers
or game events. |
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| Slow
Down |
In
poker, after the last
betting round, the
players who remain
in the pot must show
their hands in the
showdown to determine
the winner. |
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Shuffle Tracking |
A
high level blackjack
playing strategy used
by card counters. |
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Up |
Premature
shuffling of playing
cards by the dealer.
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Shuffle |
Is
a generic term which
encompasses all card
mixing techniques
used to prepare a
deck or a shoe for
continued play. All
casino shuffling processes
employ a combination
of mixing techniques.
These may include
'Stripping' or 'washing'
the cards as well
as 'riffling', 'boxing',
'plugging', 'cutting'
and other off-spring
techniques. All shuffling
processes employ multiple
riffles of 'clumps',
'picks', or 'grabs'
to achieve some level
of randomization.
The shoe games, which
use multiple decks
of cards (4, 6, or
8 decks), will often
employ the most intricate
riffling patterns
of all. In these,
the picks are riffled
together and then
re-picked and re-riffled
in complex symmetric
patterns. |
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| Shutter |
A
window covering a
number on a reusable
bingo card. The shutter
can be pulled down
to mark each number
as it is called. |
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Silver Mining |
Also
called Slot Walking.
The practice of looking
for coins left in
unattended slot machines.
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Single |
A
Straight bet on one
selection, also known
as a straight-up bet.
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Singleton |
In
poker, a card that
is the only one of
its rank. |
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Sixth Street |
In
seven-card stud, the
fourth round of betting
is called sixth street
because players have
six cards. |
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Skin |
A
dollar. |
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Skin Game |
In
poker, a game having
two or more collusion
cheaters. |
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Skinning the Hand |
In
poker, a cheater's
technique to get rid
of extra cards. |
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Skoon |
A
dollar. |
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Slot Club Member |
Slot
clubs were invented
for slot fanatics.
By becoming a member
you are given a card
(like a credit card).
Using your card while
playing the slots
(also table games
in some casinos) helps
you earn free points
/ cash. The rules,
number of points needed
to achieve regular
club status, and the
benefits given to
the player are different
at every casino. |
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Slot Walking |
Also
called Silver Mining.
The practice of looking
for coins left in
unattended slot machines.
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Snake Eyes |
When
you roll a two in
craps, it is called
'Snake Eyes' - eyes
because they look
like eyes, snake because
they are bad news
(for the shooter).
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Soft Count |
(To
do with gaming machines).
The count of the contents
in a drop box, bill
validator or video
game receipt collection.
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Soft Hand |
In
blackjack, any hand
that contains an ace
counted as eleven
is called a soft hand.
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Spinner |
A
winning streak. |
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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. |
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Spot |
Any
number from 1 to 80
that a player selects
on a keno ticket.
It also refers to
the number of numbers
that are marked on
a ticket. |
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Stack |
A
stack of chips, usually
20 chips in a column
commonly used in Roulette.
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Standing Hand |
In
blackjack, meaning
a hand which hard-totals
to 17 or more, which
is very likely to
bust if one more card
is called and therefore
the player is expected
to stand. |
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Steaming |
A
blackjack term where
a player has become
frustrated with how
badly the events of
a session of play
have turned out. 'Steaming'
in blackjack has practically
the same meaning as
'going on tilt' in
poker. In either case
the player has lost
emotional control
and is betting more
aggressively and often
recklessly in an attempt
to turn things around.
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Stiff |
In
blackjack, a hand
that is not pat and
that may bust if hit
once. Stiffs include
hard twelve through
sixteen. |
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Straight Keno |
The
basic keno game, played
by marking individual
numbers on a keno
ticket. |
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Streak Betting |
TAlso
known as 'Progressive
Betting'. A system
of raising or lowering
the size of one's
wager based on what
happened on the previous
round or rounds. There
are basically two
kinds of streak betting
systems; negative
and positive. In a
positive streak betting
or positive progression
betting system the
size of the player's
wager is raised on
the next round after
a winning round. In
a negative streak
betting or negative
progression betting
system you do exactly
the opposite by increasing
the wager size on
each subsequent loss.
There is an almost
endless number of
variations of both
negative and positive
streak betting progressions,
each one distinguished
by when the progression
is invoked, how much
the wagers are raised
or lowered, and when
the progression is
terminated. |
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Stripping |
Is
a shuffling technique
which reverses the
sequential order of
the cards in the deck.
For instance, imagine
if a dealer took the
first card off the
top of a deck and
placed it on the table
and then took the
second card off the
top and placed it
on top of the first
card. If this process
were continued until
the 52nd card was
placed on top, then
the sequential ordering
among the cards would
have been completely
reversed. This characterizes
the basic process
of striping. The process
described above would
be a very fine strip.
Often the dealers
will speed up the
process by rapidly
pulling small clumps
of cards off the top
of the deck rather
than a single card
at a time. The number
of cards in the clumps
determine how fine
or coarse the striping
process is. |
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Stud Poker |
One
of the two basic forms
of poker game (the
other is draw poker)
and played with open
or exposed cards (up
cards) and with one
or more concealed
cards known as hole
cards (down cards).
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Suit |
Any
one of the four types
of cards: clubs, diamonds,
hearts or spades.
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Sulky |
The
modern harness racing
vehicle (a driving
rig) developed from
a single-seat. Earlier
racing had used carts.
In its final form
the sulky is little
more than a U-shaped
shaft mounted on two
wheels with a seat
at the end of the
U. |
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Surrender |
In
blackjack, to give
up half your bet for
the privilege of not
playing out a hand.
In roulette, you effectively
lose only half on
an even-money bet
when the ball lands
on 0. |
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System |
A
method of betting,
usually mathematically
based, used by a punter
or bettor to try to
get an advantage.
A prominent factor
in most systems, is
the criteria used
to determine when
the player's wagers
should be raised or
lowered. |
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