Casino Glossary

• BR

  Casino

  Abbreviation for bankroll.

  See also: Bankroll

• Break-Even Point

  Casino

  The point at which a player is not losing overall.

• Breaking Hand

  Blackjack

  A blackjack hand that can bust if another card is taken, i.e. totaling 12 or higher.

• Brick

  HiLo

  A useless card that cannot form part of a low hand. E.g. a 9 or higher card in an 8-or-better game.

• Broadway

  Poker

  AKQJ10, in most games the highest possible straight.

• 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