Casino Glossary

• Reversal period

  Casino

  The amount of time in which a player can cancel a withdrawal from an online casino.

• Any Craps

  Craps

  A bet that the next roll will be craps (2, 3 or 12), paying 8 to 1.

• All or Nothing

  Keno

  A keno ticket that only wins when all the picked numbers are drawn.

• Loose

  Slots

  A slot machine with a payout table favorable to the player.

• Sharp

  Casino

  A successful gambler.

• Playing Conditions

  Casino

  Game rules set by the casino.

• High Roller

  Casino

  
   

  Also known as Casino Whale. A player who bets large amounts of money and plays high table limits. High rollers get large amounts of comp points from the casinos. Brick-and -mortar casinos attract high rollers with charter plane transfers, limousine drives and best suites in the casino hotels. There are special rooms with high stake tables in some casinos exclusively for high rollers. Online casinos may offer special bonuses and big prizes to high rollers such as trips to some nice destinations and casino cruises.

  Some people open large credit lines in a brick-and-mortar casino to make it look like they are high rollers. Casino hosts know about these tricks. They watch how much these people bet and then decide whether they are high rollers and deserve all the perks. Many high rollers bet black chips only.

  Examples:

  After a big loss, the casino staff started treating me like I was a high roller.

  High rollers occupied all the best suites in this casino hotel.

  Antonym: Grinder

  See also: VIP

• Multi-denomination

  Slots

  A slot machine that allows a player to determine the value of a coin, i.e. how much the player can bet.

• Card Sharp or Shark

  Casino

  An expert card player.

  See also: Triple Sharp

• DAS

  Blackjack

  Acronym for double after splits in blackjack. This is an advantage for the player.