Casino Glossary D to G
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Deuces - Side of a Dice with two spots or two in a deck of cards
Floorman - Casino supervisor.
Deuces Wild - A form of video poker in which all the deuces are wild cards
Dice Boat - This is the tray at the craps table that holds the dice.
Dime - A $100 bet.
Discard Rack - the holder for cards that have already been played at a blackjack table.
Do Bet - any bet at the craps table that favours the shooter over the house same as the right bet.
Don't Bet - opposite of the do bet this is any bet at craps that favours the house over the shooter same as the wrong bet.
Double Down - the act of making a second bet on a player's hand at blackjack equal to, or less than, than the original bet that gives the player only one more card.
Double Exposure Blackjack - A blackjack game in which the dealer turns both of his/her cards up aka See-Thru Blackjack + other names
Double Odds - the option of making free odds twice as much as a player's line bet.
Draw - In video poker to receive new cards, in blackjack or baccarat to call for more cards
Drop - The amount of the total money and markers bet at a gaming table
Drop Box - The area of any gaming table where the cash is deposited.
Dumping - When a dealer is losing consistently and the players are winning a substantial amount of money.
Early Surrender - an option at blackjack where the player could forfeit half his bet even if the dealer had a blackjack.
Easy Way - the numbers four, six, eight and ten made in craps without doubles
Edge - The advantage enjoyed mostly by the casino and sometimes by the players
En Prison - A French option in roulette when a '0' appears, where an even money bet is held over to the next roll rather than lost.
Even Money - A bet that pays out at 1-1
Even Up - a bet that mathematically favours neither side
Exposed Card - a card accidentally turned over during the course of play
Eye in the sky - surveillance cameras in a casino.
Face Cards - King, Queen and Jacks in cards also known as picture cards
False Cut - when cards are cut but are left in the same order.
First Base - the seat immediately to the left of the dealers position who is the first to receive cards.
Flat Bet - a bet that is paid off at even money, a player who bets the same amount every wager.
Floating Paddle - When the casino takes that much cash the paddle used to push the cash into the drop box won't go all the way down.
Floater - a roulette ball that gets hung on the wheel slowly revolving without dropping.
Fold - in poker to drop out of play
Four Flush - four cards to a flush in poker.
Four of a Kind - four cards of the same value.
Free Odds - a wager on the point in craps that can be made by anybody with a point bet and that is paid at true odds.
French Wheel - a roulette wheel with only one '0'
Freeze Out - To refuse to take bets and force a gambler out of the game.
Front Line - the space on a craps table where players can make a bet that the shooter will make his point the same as the pass line.
Fun Book - a book of coupons used by casino's to attract customers
Fund - the amount a player brings to the casino to gamble with aka bankroll.
Full House - a hand consisting of three cards of the same ranking and a pair. i.e three Aces and Two Kings.
Full Odds - the maximum amount fo free odds allowed at the craps table.
Gaffed - rigged gaming equipment.
Gambling Stake - the amount reserved for gambling see Fund
