green |
The most common color used for $25 chips. |
hand |
Refers to the cards that you hold, or to everything that happens in a card game between shuffles of the deck. |
hard hand |
In blackjack, any hand that does not contain an ace valued at eleven. |
high poker |
Standard poker, as compared to low poker or lowball. In high poker, high hands win. |
high roller |
A big bettor. |
hit |
In blackjack, to take another card. The card received is also called a hit. |
hod'em |
A class of poker games |
holding your own |
Breaking even |
hole card |
In blackjack, the facedown card that the dealer gets. In stud and hold 'em poker, the facedown cards dealt to each player. |
hot |
A player who is on a winning streak, or a slot machine that is paying out. |
house edge |
The percentage of each bet that you make that the house takes in. Winning bets are paid off at less than the true odds to generate income for the house. |
inside bets |
A roulette bet placed on any number, or small combination of numbers. |
inside straight |
In poker, four cards of a straight where the straight can only be completed one way. |
insurance |
In blackjack, a side bet that the dealer has a natural. Insurance is offered only when the dealers up card is an ace. The insurance bet wins double if the dealer has a natural, but loses if the dealer does not. |
jackpot |
A big win on a slot machine. |
joker |
The 53rd card in a deck, sometimes used as a wild card. |
keno board |
A large electronic board that displays the winning keno numbers. |
keno lounge |
The main area within a casino where keno is played. |
keno runner |
A casino employee who shuttles your keno bet from wherever you are to the keno writer, and also delivers payment for winning tickets. |
kicker |
In a draw poker game, an odd high card held that doesn't contribute to a straight or a flush, usually an ace or a king. |
limit |
In poker, any game that has a fixed limit on how much you can bet or raise in each round. |
load up |
To play the maximum number of coins per spin that a slot machine or video game will allow. |
loose |
Slot machines are loose when they are paying off and giving the house only a small advantage over the player. |
low poker |
Also called lowball, is poker in which the pot is awarded to the hand with the lowest poker value. |
