Casino Glossary P to S
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Pit - an area containing a number of gaming tables
Proposition Bet - bets in the centre of the craps layout, any bet that carries a high house advantage and is a true long shot.
RFB - players privileges that allow them to claim room food and beverages
Pit Boss - The executive in charge of the pit
Push - a tie
Rich Deck - when the remaining cards in the deck are favourable to the player in a blackjack game
Player Hand - first of the two hands dealt at baccarat
Quarters - Green $25 chips
Roll The Bones - shoot the dice
Plus Minus System - the most basic form of blackjack card counting systems
Rail - the high padded walls on the craps table, also the wall or railing surrounding a baccarat pit
Royal Flush - the best possible hand in poker it comprised ten, jack, queen, king ace all of the same suit.
Point - the total four, five, six, eight, nine or ten rolled on the come out roll in craps, the shooter must make this number a second time before rolling a seven to win
Rail Bird - a thief who sneaks chips from in front of players on the craps table
Run the Shoe - when a baccarat player maintains control of the shoe by winning a series of banker bets until all the cards have been dealt
Pot - the total amount of money at stake on a hand
Raise - to increase the amount of a previous bet at poker
Ruin - losing all your money
Pot Limit - the betting limit is limited to the size of the pot
Rake - the commission a poker room charges on each pot in a poker game
Rush - a quick winning streak
Power of the Pen - a casino executive with the authority to grant complimentaries has this power.
Rating - the evaluation of a players gambling action
Scared Money - money a player can't afford to lose
Premium Player - politically correct way to refer to a high roller
Rating Card - the device used to rate players
Second Screen - when a slot machine player reaches the bonus round of slot play and has a chance to add to an initial jackpot
Press - to increase the size of a wager after it has won once
Reds - $5 casino chips
Section Shooter - a roulette dealer who tries to hit certain areas of the wheel
Price - the house advantage on a given bet
Reels - One of the loops inside the slot machine that spins round
Section Slicing - dividing a roulette wheel into sections to discover if any section is hitting more than others
Producer - a player who loses heavily and consistently
Reel Strips - the series of symbols wrapped around a cylinder inside a slot machine that designate a winner
Send It In - Make a large bet
Progressive Jackpot - the grand prize offered on certain kinds of linked slots, it will keep on growing until won.
Reel Window - The glass display through which the players view the reels
Seven Out - when a shooter at craps loses by rolling a seven before repeating his point
Progressive Slots - a group of slots with no set maximum jackpot that grows each time a player makes a bet.
Respin - When the clapper on the Big Six Wheel gets hung up and doesn't land clearly on one number
Shaker - the container holding the dice at pai gow sic bo or pai gow poker.