Casino Lingo
General Casino Lingo
- Action
- The amount of money wagered (put into action) by a player during an entire playing session.
- Hot
- A player who is on a winning streak, or a slot machine that is paying out.
- House
- A casino or gambling center/centre. Also the operators of a gambling game.
- Nickel
- A $500 wager.
- Press a bet
- Adding the winnings over the current bet, to 'let it ride'.
BlackJack
- Hard hand
- Any hand that does not contain an Ace valued at 11.
- Hit
- To take another card. The card received is also called a hit.
- Hole card
- The facedown card that the dealer gets.
- Natural
- A natural is a two-card hand of twenty-one points. In baccarat a natural is a two-card total of eight or nine.
- Paint
- A Jack, Queen or King. Also called face card or picture card.
- Push
- A tie hand between a dealer and a player. A round of play where neither the player nor the casino wins.
- Soft hand
- Any hand that contains an ace counted as eleven is called a soft hand.
- Up card
- The face up card of the dealer's initial hand in BlackJack.
Craps
- Bones
- Dice.
- Boxcars
- The combination of 6-6 on the dice.
- Point
- The number that is established on the come-out roll.
- Shooter
- The player who is rolling the dice on a craps table.
- Snake eyes
- To roll a two in craps is called 'snake eyes'.
Other Casino Games
- Outside bets
- Roulette bets located on the outside part of the layout. They involve betting 12 or 18 numbers with one chip.
- Payline
- The line on a slot machine window on which the symbols from each reel must line up.
- Progressive
- Any game where an open-ended jackpot is featured, where the jackpot grows in value with each round of play until it is hit.
