Casino Glossary L to P
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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.