Casino Term Dictionary
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Casino and Gambling Terms
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Caribbean Stud Poker - a five-card poker game where all players play against the house.
Cash-in - To cash-in a positive casino account balance for real-world money.
Casino credits- Refers to money in your casino account, which can be wagered online.
Change Color - to exchange one-color denomination casino chip for another. All denomination casino chips are different colors.
Chips - tokens used at gaming tables in lieu of cash.
Cold - a player on a losing streak or a slot machine that does not pay out.
Color Up/Out - exchange smaller denomination chips for larger denomination ones.
Come Bet - a wager placed on the Come Line in craps. Same rules as the wager on the Pass Line except it is placed after the point has been established.
Come Line - the area on a Craps table where the Come Bets are placed.
Come Out Roll -the first roll of the dice or the first roll after a point has been made in craps. This roll establishes the point.
Complete Hand - a Poker hand that is defined by all five cards. That is a straight, flush, straight flush, or a full house.
Craps Out - rolling a Crap (2, 3, or 12) on the come-out roll.
Craps - dice term for 2, 3, or 12.
Credit Button - a button in Video Poker that allows the player to bank coins won as credits and to use the credits to play without depositing more money.
Cycle - in video poker it's the statistically predicted average number of hands dealt per top jackpot, usually a royal flush.
Cut - the dealer divides the deck of cards into two parts and then inverts them after they have been shuffled.
Cut Card - a hard plastic card used to cut the deck or a card of a different color.
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Dealer - a casino employee who deals the various games.
Dice - two or more identical numbered cubes.
Die - singular for dice, a cube with numbers 1-6 on each side.
Discard Rack - area of the table where the used cards are placed.
Don't Come Bet - a bet placed on the Don't Come Bar. Same rules as the Don't Pass Line except it is placed after the Come-Out Roll.
Don't Pass Bet - a bet placed prior to the Come-Out Roll that a seven will be rolled before a point is repeated.
Don't Pass Line - area of the table where the Don't Pass bets are placed. Also known as the Back Line.
Double Down - to increase a wager (in Blackjack) after the first two cards are drawn, in exchange for receiving only one more card, by placing an amount equal to the original bet on the layout. Also known as Double Up.
Dozen Bet - a bet on twelve numbers in roulette, i.e. 1-12, 13-24 or 25-36.
Draw - in draw poker, the second round of cards that are dealt.
Draw Button - allows Video Poker player to draw up to five new cards.
Drop Box - on a gaming table, the box that serves as a repository for cash, markers, and chips.
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Encryption - Encoding and scrambling data so that only the authorized recipient can read it. Used for online transaction security.
Even Money - a bet that pays you back the same amount you wagered, plus your original wager - a pay-off of 1-1.
Expected Return - in video poker it's the average amount paid back on a particular play for a particular bet.
Expected Win Rate - a percentage of the total amount of money wagered that you can expect to win or lose over time.
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