Casino Glossary

• House Advantage or House Edge

  Casino

  The casino's advantage, derived from the rules and/or payouts.

• Bones

  Craps

  Slang for dice.

  Synonym: Die, Dice

• Casino

  Casino

  An establishment that offers gambling.

  Synonym: House

• Straight Flush

  PokerVideo Poker

  Five cards that make up both a straight and a flush, e.g. 98765 of diamonds.

• Rich Deck

  Blackjack

  A deck that contains more aces, face cards and tens, which favors the player.

• Bet

  Casino

  The amount of money a player initially risks in a single round of gambling. Also known as a wager.

  Synonym: Wager

• Snake Eyes

  Craps

  A roll of 2, i.e. 1 on each die. So-called because the single pip on each die can be imagined to be an eye.

• Deck

  Casino

  The standard 52 cards. While, most card games are played with one deck, blackjack can use up to eight decks. Pai gow poker uses a joker as a 53rd card.

• Check

  CasinoPoker

  1) Not betting when it is your option and no one has bet before you;

  2) A chip.

  Synonym: Chip, Chips

• Super Double Bonus VP

  Video Poker

  A video poker game based on Jacks or Better with bonus payouts for four of a kinds.