Casino Glossary

• Place Numbers

  Craps

  The numbers 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 10.

• Comps or comp points

  Casino

  Inducements offered by a casino to get gamblers to play at their establishment, such as free dinners, rooms or gifts.

• Perfect Pairs

  Blackjack

  A side bet that is won when a player's first two cards are a pair. Various payouts are offered, the highest being when they are a perfect pair, i.e. the same card in a multi-deck game.

• Spread Limit

  Blackjack

  The minimum and maximum amount a player can bet at a table.

• Finales

  Roulette

  A bet on numbers ending with the same digit, e.g. Finale 1 means bets on 1, 11, 21 and 31.

• Short Run

  Casino

  A small number of bets. The opposite of the long run.

  Antonym: Long Run

• Games per hour

  CasinoSlots

  In slots, a measure of how quickly someone plays.

  Synonym: Game Speed

• Finale Schnaps

  Roulette

  French term for a bet on the numbers 11, 22 and 33.

  See also: French Roulette (European Roulette)

• European Roulette

  Roulette

  A roulette game with the numbers 0-36, as opposed to the less-advantageous American version, which adds a 00.

  Synonym: French Roulette (European Roulette)

• Premiere

  Roulette

  A bet on the numbers 1-12. Pays 2 to 1.