Casino Glossary A to B
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21 - Another name for Blackjack
Action - Gaming action as measured by the amount bet over a period of time
Ace - The highest value card in Blackjack and Poker, the one spot on a dice.
Aces & Eights - Known as the Dead Man's hand in poker, the hand held by Wild Bill Hickok when he was shot.
Aggregate Limit - The maximum amount paid out in a Keno game, about $50,000.
Agent - A Cheats side kick.
Ante - In poker, What a player must bet before the cards are dealt.
American Wheel - Roulette wheel with 0 & 00 numbers
Any Craps - A craps bet where you bet that the shooter will roll either a two, three or twelve on the next roll
Any Seven - A craps bet where you bet the shooter will roll a seven on the next roll.
Automatic Shuffler - Machines on Blackjack tables, also some poker tables that shuffle cards providing uninterrupted playing but eliminates the ability to count cards.
Back Line - a craps bet where you bet that the shooter will lose.
Back the Bet - Making a free odds bet at craps
Back in - Poker term meaning entering the betting after first passing or checking to the raiser.
Bank - The person who covers the bets in any game.
Bank Hand - The second of the two hands at the Baccarat Game.
Bar - What casino's may do if you become an Expert player or will do if you cheat.
Barber Pole - When you stack your chips indiscriminately so that values and colours aren't consistent.
Basic Strategy - Mainly a System of playing blackjack that takes advantage of the most favourable rules for the player can also be used to describe favourable playing in other games.
Beef - No not what you're having for dinner but a dispute over the conduct of any casino game.
Behind The Line - Betting free odds. The bet is placed behind the player's pass line bet.
Beat - To win money by cheating.
Bet Against The Dice - A Craps bet that the shooter will lose.
Bet Blind - To bet without looking at your cards.
Bet With The Dice - A Craps bet that the shooter will win.
Bevels- Dice that have been shaved on the corners to favour certain numbers.
Biased Wheels - An imperfection in a roulette wheel that favours certain numbers or section. Not relevent online.
Black Action - A player using black, $100 chips
Black Book - A list of people excluded from a casino.
Blackjack - Used in the game of Blackjack to describe a natural, i.e. an Ace and Ten value card.
Bluff - Attempting to win a hand of poker with an inferior hand.
Book - Confirmation of a bet someone wishes to make
Bonus Poker - A form of Jacks or Better video poker that offers favourable payouts on certain fours-of-a-kind
Bonusing - A technique of rewarding slot machine players with additional random secondary jackpots not related to the actual game play.
Boxcars - In craps a roll of 12 aka Hobo Bet.
Boxman - The supervisor of the craps table who sits in the centre.
Break - In Blackjack to bust i.e. where your cards total over 21.
Break Down a Bet - To seperate the various chips in a bet prior to paying to ensure accuracy.
Brushing - Substituting cards or dice in a game
Bull - In poker another name for an Ace
Burn - When a dealer in Blackjack or Baccarat discards one or more cards from a freshly shuffled deck.
Bust Out Joint - A casino that cheats players.