Casino Glossary T to Y
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Tell - an unconscious signal that a blackjack dealer communicates to players about the value of his/her hole card. In poker an inadvertent signal that lets other players know what the strength of your hand is.
Underground Joint - an illegal casino
Wheel Chips - special chips used only at a roulette table
Three Flush - three cards to a flush
Up Card - the first card of a blackjack dealer's hand
Wheel Head - part of the roulette wheel that rotates
Three of a Kind - a hand that has three cards of the same value
Vic - casino slang for sucker or victim
Whip Shot - a controlled roll of the dice where the dice land flat and do not spin leaving the desired faces up
Third Base - the position farthest to the right of the dealer, the last player to act on his hand before the dealer
Video Keno - an electronic slot machine that mimics a live keno game, a keno card appears on the screen and the player picks ten numbers. The machines random number generator then picks 20 numbers.
Wild Card - a card that can be used for any other in a card game
Tight Machine - a slot machine that returns a low percentage of the money played on that machine
Video Blackjack - an electronic slot machine that plays a game similar to live poker, but with significant differences
Wired - a hand consisting of a pair with one card face up and one card in the hole
Take - a tip or gratuity
Video Poker - an electronic slot machine that plays a game similiar to live poker but with significant differences
Working - any bet that is in action but remains undecided
Take Hustler - a dealer, waiter or waitress who aggressively encourages players to tip
Video Slots - an electronic slot machine that is identical to 'reel' slot machines, except that the screen reproduces the reels
Worst of It - being at a disadvantage
Tom - casino slang for a poor tipper
Vig or Vigorish - the five per cent commission that the casino charges for various casino bets the same as juice
Wrong Bet - any bet at craps that favours the house over the shooter, the same as don't bet
Triple Odds - free odds of three times the amount of the player's pass line or come bets
Wager - another term for bet
Yard - a $100 note
Triple Play Video Poker - a video poker gmae that allows a player to bet on three hands on one screen, comes in versions of upto 100 hands on one screen
Wash - a situation where one bet cancels out another also when dealers spred the cards out on the table prior to shuffling and mixing them face down,sometimes called a pizza
True Odds - the actual likelihood of any event happening
Welch - failing to pay a debt
Two Pair- a hand consisting of two separate pairs
Wheel - casino term for roulette
