| Sabot (Chemin de Fer) |
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The French term for the shoe.
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| Scam |
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A slang term for a cheating scheme.
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| Scared Money |
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Inadequate money used for gambling purposes.
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| Seven-Out (Craps) |
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The roll of a 7 after a point has been established, ending the shooter's roll with a loss.
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| Shift Boss |
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A casino executive who is in charge of the entire casino during one whole shift.
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| Shifts |
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The casino personnel work periods, usually divided into three shifts-day, swing, and graveyard, each of eight hours' duration.
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| Shill |
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A house employee who sits at a gaming table to stimulate action and plays with the casino's money, making meaningless bets to create the semblance of action. Also called a starter.
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| Shimmy |
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The American slang expression for chemin de fer.
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| Shoe: |
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A device that holds several decks of cards and enables the dealer to slide out cards easily one at a time.
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| Shoot (Craps) |
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A complete series of rolls until the thrower of the dice sevens out.
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| Shooter (Craps) |
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The person throwing the dice at a craps table.
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| Shuffle Up (Blackjack) |
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See Reshuffle
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| Shylock |
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A person, usually connected with the underworld, who lends money at exorbitant and illegal rates.
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| Side Game |
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A term for games such as big six, chuck-a-luck, and under and over seven, which are rarely played or not available in all casinos.
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| Single-Deck Game (Blackjack) |
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A game in which only one deck is used.
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| Single-Session Bankroll |
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The amount of money a player brings to a gaming table for one session of play.
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| Sixain (Roulette) |
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The French term for a six numbers bet.
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| Six Numbers Bet(Roulette) |
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An inside combination bet on six numbers at one time.
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| Slots, Slot Machines |
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Metal gambling devices that players activate by inserting one or several coins and pulling the handle. The machines automatically collect and pay off bets.
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| Snapper (Blackjack) |
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The slang term for a blackjack.
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| Soft Hand, Soft Total (Blackjack) |
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A hand in which the ace is valued at 11 in figuring the total of the hand. An ace, 7 is a soft 18.
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| Special Chips |
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Casino chips not of standard colors, which cannot be redeemed by the player, but must be played out.
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| Specials, Special Tickets (Keno) |
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Nonstandard keno tickets with special prices and payoffs.
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| Split Bet (Roulette) |
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An inside combination bet on two numbers at the same time.
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| Splitting Pairs (Blackjack) |
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The player's option to separate cards of equal rank, such as pairs, and play each hand separately. For splitting purposes 10-value cards are considered pairs.
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| Split Ticket (Keno) |
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A ticket with which a player can play two or more groups of numbers separately.
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| Spot (Keno) |
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The term to denote the amount of numbers selected by the player for each individual play or payoff-for example, a four-spot.
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| Stand Pat (Blackjack) |
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The player's decision not to hit his hand.
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| Starter |
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See Shill
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| Stickman (Craps) |
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The dealer who calls the game and handles the stick during the game.
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| Stiff, Stiff Hand (Blackjack) |
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A hand containing a hard total of 12 or more points, in danger of busting if hit.
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| Straight (Video Poker) |
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Five consecutive cards, but not of the same suit. For purposes of a straight, the ace can be the lowest or highest card of a straight sequence, such as 5432AorAKQJ10.
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| Straight Flush (Video Poker) |
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Five cards in sequence and of the same suit.
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| Straight Slots (Slots) |
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Machines that pay out in fixed amounts and whose jackpots never vary.
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| Straight Ticket (Keno) |
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The simplest and most common ticket, in which a player selects from one to fifteen spots or numbers:
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| Straight Up Bet (Roulette) |
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A wager on a single number, paid off at 35-1.
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| Strip |
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See Las Vegas Strip
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| Symbols |
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Markings on various games, such as slots and big six wheels.
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| Systems |
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Progressive betting methods used in an attempt to overcome the house advantage. The most common feature increased bets after each loss.
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| Table Hopping |
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Moving from table to table within a casino, which some players do in an attempt to change their luck.
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| Taken Down (Craps) |
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A bet that is removed and returned to the player, either at his request or as a result of the rules of the game.
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| Take the Odds (Craps) |
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An odds bet made by a right bettor which, if won, will be paid off at better than even money.
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| Tapped Out |
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A slang term for losing an entire bankroll when gambling.
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| Ten-Value Card (Blackjack) |
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The 10, jack, queen, and king, all valued at ten points.
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| Third Baseman (Blackjack) |
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The player sitting in the last seat at the blackjack table; the player acting last.
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| Three Flush (Video Poker) |
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A hand consisting of three cards, all of the same suit, together with two odd cards.
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| Three of a Kind (Video Poker) |
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A hand that consists of three cards of the same rank or value, such as 8 8 8.
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| Tight Machine (Slots) |
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A slots that gives the casino a large win percentage by paying out relatively few coins to the players.
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| Tip |
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A gratuity given to a casino employee.
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| Toke |
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The casino personnel's term for a tip
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| Tom |
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The Las Vegas dealers' term for a poor tipper.
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| Tough Player |
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The casino's designation of an astute player who can really hurt a casino with his smart play.
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| Transversale (Roulette) |
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The French term for a trio bet.
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| Trio Bet (Roulette) |
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An inside combination bet on three numbers at one time.
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| Twenty-One |
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Another name for the game of blackjack.
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| Two Pair (Video Poker) |
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A hand consisting of two separate pairs, such as 9 9 4 4.
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