Casino Glossary

• Buffalo

  Craps

  A bet on all the hard ways (22, 33, 44, 55) and any 7. The last is a one-roll bet.

• Bug

  Casino

  A limited kind of wild card. In pai gow, it can only be an ace or complete a flush or straight.

  Synonym: Joker

• Bump

  Poker

  Another word for a raise.

• Buried

  Poker

  1) A card dealt face down;

  2) A card placed so deep in the deck it won't be played that hand;

  3) A description of a player with heavy losses.

• Bust

  Blackjack

  Going over a total of 21 in blackjack, an automatic loss for the player.

  See also: Bust Card

• Bust Card

  Blackjack

  The card that causes a blackjack hand to go over 21.

  See also: Bust

• Busted Hand

  Poker

  A hand that doesn't even make a pair.

• Buy a Feature Slot

  Slots

  A slot machine in which more features and bonuses become available when multiple coins are played on a spin.

• Buy Bets

  Craps

  A type of bet on the 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 or 10 in which the player pays a 5% commission to receive a payout at the true odds. Only useful for the 4 and 10.

• Buy in, Buy-in

  Casino

  1) Exchanging cash for chips;

  2) In some games, the minimum amount required to play.