| Little Joe - when you roll a four in craps, originates from little joe from kokomo |
Mucker - a cheater who uses sleight of hand tricks, also second dealer at a roulette table. |
On The Square - a fair and honest game. |
| Loose Machine - a slot machine that has been set to return a high percentage of the money played in that machine. |
Multiple Coin Machine - slot and video poker machines that require more than one coin. |
Open -to make the first bet at poker |
| Long Term - refers to the fact that a casino will always win over a period of time and why a player can win short term. |
Multiple Deck Games - tBlackjack games using more than one deck of cards |
Openers - cards that qualify a player to open in poker |
| Low Hand - one of the two hands in Pai Gow and Pai Gow Poker. |
Multiple Hands - to play more than one hand at blackjack. |
Paddle - The device used to push money into the drop box |
| Low Pair - In poker a pair that can't open the betting in Video poker a non winning pair. |
Nail - to catch someone cheating. |
Paint - a face card |
| Mark - an individual who has been or might be a target to be cheated. |
Natural - a perfect hand, at blackjack, an Ace & Ten value card, at Baccarat a total of eight or nine in the first two cards. At craps a seven or eleven on the come out roll. |
Pair - two cards of the same value |
| Marker - a cheque the player fills out before receiving casino credit at a table, basically an IOU |
Negative Progression - any betting system where you increase your bets after a loss |
Palm - to conceal money or chips in your palm |
| Match Play - a casino promotion where the player receives a coupon or non-redeemable chip that can be bet with real money, If it wins it's paid out with real chips. |
Nickel - a $5 chip or a $500 sports bet. |
Parlay - to double a bet after a win |
| Mini Baccarat - A smaller version of the big baccarat game played for lower stakes. |
No Action - a term used by a dealer to indicate that the casino will not take a particular bet or that roll doesn't count. |
Pass - a win by the shooter at craps, either by rolling a seven or eleven on the come out roll or making the point before rolling a seven |
| Money Plays - an expression used in Nevada when the player doesn't want the dealer to exchange his money for chips. A winning bet will be paid in chips. |
Nut - the amount of money a casino needs to make a profit, the amount of money a player needs to accomplish his goals. |
Pat Hand - any hand in a card game that requires no additional cards |
| Money Wheel - another name for the Big Six Wheel |
Off - to remove a bet at craps for one or more rolls, it means no decision can be made on those bets. Only place and odds bets can be called 'off' |
Pay Line - the line upon which the payouts depend at a slot machine |
| Money Management - the system that a player uses to conserve his funds. |
On - a craps call that your bets are working for the next roll. |
Pay The Board - when a decision is made to pay all the players at a table, usually after a dispute. |
| Monkey - Ten or Face Card |
One Armed Bandits - a term given to slot machines |
Penetration - the depth of a dealer goes into a deck before reshuffling at blackjack |
| Monster Roll - where a craps play achieves the ultimate over a period of time to roll many numbers and gain lots of points. |
One Roll Bets - any bet decided by the very next roll. |
Penny Ante - a small stakes game. |
