Glossary of Casino

Natural	:	Blackjack-the ace and a ten-value card dealt as an original hand.Craps-a 7 or 11 thrown on the come out roll.Baccarat-an 8 or 9 dealt on the first two cards.
Nickel Chips, Nickels	:	The insider's term for $5 chips.
Noir (Roulette)	:	French for black.
Numbers (Craps)	:	The 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 rolled during the course of a shoot.
Nut	:	The overhead costs of running a casino.

Odds Bet	:	See Free Odds
Off (Craps)	:	An oral call that certain of the player's bets will not be working on the next roll of the dice. Also, a term signifying that certain bets on the layout will not be working on a come-out roll, such as place bets and odds bets on come numbers.
On Base (Craps)	:	The term for the standing dealer who is not on the stick.
One-Armed Bandits (Slots)	:	The popular term for slot machines.
One-Roll Bet (Craps)	:	Wagers whose outcome is determined by the next roll of the dice.
On the Stick (Craps)	:	The term indicating that a dealer is now the stickman.
Original Ticket (Keno)	:	The blank filled out by the player and presented to the keno writer, which is the basis for any possible keno payouts.
Outside Numbers (Craps)	:	The place numbers 4, 5, 9, and 10.
Outside Wager (Roulette)	:	A bet on any event at the table other than the numbers 0, 00, 1-36.
Over and Under Seven	:	See Under and Over Seven

Paint	:	The term for the face cards jack, queen, and king.
Pair (Roulette)		The French term for even.
Pass (Craps)	:	A winning decision for the dice.
Passe (Roulette)	:	The French term for high.
Pass Line (Craps)	:	The area on the layout where a pass-line bet is made.
Pass-Line Bet (Craps)	:	A wager that the dice will pass, or win.
Past Posting	:	The illegal increase of the original wager by a cheat after he either has seen the result or has seen his cards in a gambling game.
Payoff, Payout	:	The payment of a winning bet by the casino to the player.
P.C.	:	The winning percentage a casino has on a particular game or table, based on the profits, divided by the total money bet.
Pit	:	The area inside a group or cluster of gambling tables.
Pit Boss	:	The casino executive in charge of a particular pit
Place Numbers, Place Bets (Craps)	:	A wager on either or allof the following numbers-4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10, or any combination of these numbers. The player bets that the numbers wagered on will be repeated before a 7 shows on the dice, other than on the come-out roll.
Player	:	The term for a gambler or bettor.
Player Hand (Baccarat)	:	The hand opposing the bank hand, which is dealt to first and acts first.
Premiere (Roulette)	:	French for first.
Premium Players	:	The casino's designation of big bettors, or players with high credit lines.
Press, Press a Bet	:	To increase a wager after a previous win, usually by doubling the previous bet.
Progressive Machines (Video Poker)	:	Machines tied to a single payoff that increases each time a new coin is inserted and a royal flush is not made. It pays off only on royal flushes.
Progressive Slots (Slots)	:	Slots that increase the potential jackpot each time a new coin is inserted for play.
Proposition Bets (Craps)	:	Wagers that can be made on the center of the layout, such as any seven and hardways.
Punch-Outs (Keno)	:	A ticket, also known as a draw ticket, that has the called numbers for the previous game punched out on a keno blank, so that the keno writer can easily determine if a presented ticket has enough catches for a payoff.
Push	:	A tie between the player and casino where no money is won or lost.

Qualified Players	:	The casino's designation of players who bet enough to be invited on junkets.
Quarter Chips, Quarters	:	The insider's term for $25 casino chips.

Racehorse Keno (Keno)	:	The name by which keno was called prior to 1951, when each number also had the name of a racehorse attached to it.
Rails (Craps)	:	The grooved area at the craps table where players keep their chips when not betting them.
Rail Thief (Craps)	:	A cheat who steals chips from the players' rails.
Rate Card (Keno)	:	The booklet issued by casinos containing the costs and payoffs on tickets having from one to fifteen spots.
Red-Black Bet (Roulette)	:	An outside straight wager on whether the next spin will be a red or black number, paid off at even money.
Reel (Slots)	:	A vertical and continuous holder of the symbols on a slot machine.
Reshuffle (Blackjack)	:	The remixing of the cards by the dealer, sometimes done arbitrarily to harass a player.
Right Bettor (Craps)	:	A player betting with the dice, betting that they'll pass.
Rim Credit	:	Credit given at the gaming tables.
Roll (Craps)	:	A single throw of the dice.A complete series of rolls until the shooter sevens out.
Rouge (Roulette)	:	French for red.
Roulette	:	The name of the game involving a wheel, layout and a ball which spins along the rim of the wheel, finally landing in a number, which is the winner for that spin.
Royal Flush (Video Poker)	:	A hand consisting of an A K Q J 10 of the same suit, the best in poker.
Rule Card (Baccarat)	:	The card that shows the printed rules of play for the game.
Runner (Keno)	:	See Keno Runner
Rush	:	The gambler's term for a series of wins, one after the other, forming a winning streak.

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