Casino Glossary 28 December 2010

Entering a casino for the first time seems like you have gone to mars. Flashing lights, noise all around and a huge space filled with people speaking in a different jargon that you are used to hear.
In order to fit in you have to know the basic language.. Blacks: Hundred dollar chips

Action - An action refers to the amount of money that a player has been gambling in a whole session

Ante - AN ante is the minimum bet required to play in a particular hand.

Betting limits ???Refers to table games. In those games there is always a minimum bet and a max bet required to play. You cannot bet less than a minimum or higher than the maximum amount set by the game rules. Still if you are a special VIP player for the casino, you can ask the operator to change the limits as you would like???

Card sharp - A very good player who has a lot of expiriance on the gaming field and won a lot of times.

Case money - Emergency money that the gambler leaves aside to use in an emergency times???

Chase - Refers to another bet placed by the player in order to win back his last lose.

Cossroader - this term refers to a dishonest player. This term come from the wild west where gamblers where cheating at saloons which where located at crossroads.

Cold - Refers to a player that is on a ???bad role??? or to a machine that isn???t paying out for a period of time

???Call??? - When in poker a player calls your bet and puts that exact amount of money you have placed

Blinds - A bet used in Texas hold???em . This is a small blind and a big blind.

Pit Boss - Refers to the person who runs a gaming area of such a kind.

Table Game - Refers to a game who is player against a dealer or at a table who is specially designed for that purpose. The popular games of that kind is usually roulette, blackjack and craps.

High Roller-Refers to a person that plays for a lot of money on each bet.