Entries B - By
Bpoker - The second position to the left of the dealer. Sometimes called just B.
B.R. (general terms) - Bankroll.
Babypoker
Baccarat
Baccarat (general terms)
Baccarat a Deux Tableau
Baccarat En Banque
Baccarat Rules of Play
Back (general terms) - To bet or wager. An investor is often referred to as having backed a particular horse.
Back Counting (blackjack)
Back Door (general terms) - A 'cover' that occurs in the waning moments of a game.
Back Door Flush (Or Straight)poker - Catching two cards to a flush.
Back inpoker
Back intopoker
Back Line (craps) - Another term for Don’t Pass Line.
Back Line (general terms) - See Don’t Pass Line.
Back Line Skinner (craps) - Betting that the next roll will be the number of 7.
Back Off (blackjack)
Back Peekpoker
Back Raisepoker
Back Seatpoker - A position on a round of betting in which you act after most of the other players have acted.
Backpoker - 1) Reverting to lowball, as in jacks back. 2) Finance another player.
Backdoor Straightpoker - Catching two cards to a straight.
Backdoorpoker
Backed (general terms)
Backed in (general terms)
Backed Uppoker
Backerpoker
Backingpoker
Backlinepoker
Backspoker - The reverse sides of the cards, as opposed to the sides that show their ranks and suits.
Back-to-Backpoker - Serially, or in a row. "I drew two cards and caught back-to-back kings."
Backtrack roulette - The outer, stationary rim of the roulette wheel where the ball is spun. Also called the ball-track.
Bad Beat (general terms) - Losing under unusual circumstances
Bad Beatpoker - A very good hand, often a full house or higher, that is beat by an even better hand.
Bad Gamepoker - Any game in which you figure to be the loser, because the other players are better than you.
Badpoker
Bad-Beat Jackpotpoker
Bad-Beat Storypoker
Bag (general terms) - An English casino term for thousand, e.g., 5 bag = 5 thousand.
Bagman (general terms) - An intermediary who picks up and delivers money.
Baitpoker - A small bet made to encourage a raise.
Bak (blackjack) - An abbreviation for Back At the Keyboard, used during chat.
Bakerpoker - The second position to the left of the dealer. Sometimes called just B.
Bakers Bun (bingo) - 61
Balanced Count (blackjack)
Balanced Gamespoker
Ball roulette
Ball Drawing Device (keno)
Ball Game (keno)
Ball Gate (bingo)
Ball Lifter (bingo)
Ball Runway (bingo)
Ball Shooter (bingo)
Ball Track roulette - The outer, stationary rim of the roulette wheel where the ball is spun. Also called the backtrack
Balls (keno) - Keno balls. Similar to bingo balls or ping pong balls. Numbered 1-80.
Bananapoker - Dollar; dollar chip.
Banco (baccarat)
Banco Prime (baccarat)
Bang on the Drum (bingo) - 71
Bank (baccarat) - The hand in all forms of baccarat which is dealt to last which acts last.
Bank (blackjack)
Bank (keno) - The casino's money available for keno operations.
Bank (general terms) - The financial backer of a gambling operation.
Bank Hand (baccarat) - The hand in all forms of baccarat which is dealt to last which acts last.
Bankpoker
Banker (general terms)
Bankerpoker
Bankroll (baccarat) - A player’s total gambling money.
Bankroll (blackjack)
Bankroll (keno)
Bankroll (general terms)
Bankroll roulette - The total amount of money a gambler sets aside to gamble with.
Bankrollpoker
Ba-Poker Dictionarypoker
Bar (general terms)
Bar / Barring (blackjack)
Bar Price (general terms)
Bar the 12 (craps)
Bar the 12 (general terms) - Makes the 12 a push on the Don’t Pass Bar.
Barpoker
Barbara Huttonpoker - In hold 'em, 10-5 as one's first two cards.
Barber Pole (blackjack).
Barge (blackjack) - An abbreviation for Big August Rec. Gambling Excursion in Las Vegas.
Barnpoker - A Full House, three of a kind and a pair.
Barnburnerpoker - Very good hand; likely a wheel in lowball or a high straight flush in high poker.
Barrier (bingo)
Base (general terms) - Area on the dice table where the majority of bets are made and paid.
Base Dealer (general terms) - Dice dealer in charge of one of the bases.
Base Dealerpoker
Baseball Poker Dictionarypoker - Baseball.
Baseballpoker
Basementpoker
Basic Machines (slots)
Basic Strategy (blackjack)
Basic Strategy (general terms) - The mathematically correct way to play blackjack.
Baskin-Robbinspoker - In hold 'em, 3-A as one's first two cards; from the ice cream chain's "31 Flavors."
Bay and a Graypoker
Bbpoker - Shorthand, particularly in e-mail and Internet postings, for big blind.
Bbrbpoker
Bc (blackjack)
Bca (blackjack) - The acronym for a software program called Blackjack Count Analyzer
Bcci (general terms) - Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Bccp (general terms) - Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan.
B-Dealerpoker
Be (blackjack) - The acronym for Betting Efficiency.
Beanpoker - Chip; dollar. "Dealer, would you sell me some ante beans?" "Cost ya a bean to get in this pot."
Beano (bingo)
Bearpoker - A tight player.
Beard (general terms)
Beat the Boardpoker
Beatpoker
Bedspringspoker
Bee Deckpoker
Beef (blackjack)
Beef (general terms) - A dispute over the outcome of a bet.
Beer Handpoker - In hold 'em, 7-2 as one's first two cards.
Beggarpoker - In high games, a no-pair hand (and one that is not a straight or flush, either) with no card higher than a 10.
Behind a Logpoker
Behindpoker
Belly Busterpoker - A draw to fill an insight straight; a gut shot.
Belly Cardpoker - A card that makes an inside straight.
Belly Hitpoker - A card that makes an inside straight.
Belly-Buster Straight poker - A straight made by catching a belly buster.
Belly-Up poker
Bend poker - Mark a card by creasing or folding slightly.
Benny Blue, You're All Through (craps) - Betting that the next roll will be the number of 7 (5&2)
Bent poker
Bep (blackjack) - The acronym for Break-Even Point.
Berries poker - The nuts; usually preceded by the.
Berry Patch poker - An easy (to beat) game, particularly one full of live ones gambling it up.
Best Bet (general terms)
Best Flush poker
Best of it poker
Best-Hand poker
Bet (keno) - The amount of money subject to loss in any one game by a player.
Bet poker - To put money into the pot, pursuant to the rules of the game, thus maintaining a chance of winning the pot.
Bet (general terms) - A transaction in which monies are deposited or guaranteed.
Bet after the Declare poker
Bet Blind poker
Bet Blind-Raise Blind poker
Bet Details (keno) - - The terms under which a Bet is placed, including: cost of bet, ways and number of games.
Bet For Value poker - Betting in order to raise the amount in the pot, not to make your opponents fold.
Bet into poker - To bet before a stronger hand, or a player who bet strongly on the previous round.
Bet on the Come poker - Playing a worthless hand in the hope of improving it is called "betting on the come."
Bet Out of Turn poker
Bet Per Game (keno) - The Bet per Ticket divided by the Forward Games.
Bet Per Way (keno) - The Bet per Game divided by the Number of Ways.
Bet Sizing (blackjack) - A system of varying one's bets according to the advantage that he has in a given situation.
Bet Spread (blackjack)
Bet the Limit poker - Bet the maximum permitted, usually in a spread-limit, no-limit, or pot-limit game.
Bet the Pot poker - To bet the total value of the pot.
Bet the Raise poker
Bet Through poker
Bet Type (keno) - Configuration of a Bet, i.e. Jackpot, Way Bet, Set Bet, etc.
Bet-Declare-Bet poker
Bet-or-Drop poker
Bet-or-Fold poker
Betting Black poker - Betting $100 amounts (black is a common color for $100 chips).
Betting Board (general terms) - A board used by the bookmaker to display the odds of the horses engaged in a race.
Betting Cards (general terms)
Betting Correlation / Bc (blackjack)
Betting Efficiency / Be (blackjack)
Betting Forecast (general terms) - The odds of a race as predicted by the daily newspapers.
Betting Green poker - Betting $25 amounts (green is a common color for $25 chips).
Betting Handle (blackjack) - The total amount of money that a player bets during a session or more extended period of time.
Betting Interval poker
Betting Level poker
Betting Limits (blackjack) - Establishes the minimum and maximum amounts that can be wagered on one bet.
Betting Limits (general terms) - The minimum and maximum that can be wagered on one bet.
Betting Line (general terms) - The posted list of upcoming games and their point spreads.
Betting Ratio / Betting Spread (blackjack)
Betting Red poker - Betting $5 amounts (red is a common color for $5 chips).
Betting Right (craps) - Betting that the dice will win on Pass Line and Come bets.
Betting Right (general terms) - Betting on the Pass Line or with the shooter.
Betting Round poker
Betting Slip (lotto) - A paper form that is completed by the customer so it can be electronically read by a computer.
Betting True Count (blackjack) - The value of the true count, adjusted to reflect the number of aces, rich or poor.
Betting White poker - Betting $1 amounts (white is a common color for $1 chips).
Betting Wrong (craps) - Betting that the dice will not win, or pass, by placing Don’t Pass and Don’t Come bets.
Betting Wrong (general terms) - Betting on the Don’t Pass or against the shooter.
Bettor (blackjack) - A customer who places wagers at any of the casino gaming tables.
Bettor (general terms) - US term for person placing a bet. In the UK a punter or customer.
Betty Hutton poker
Between the Sticks (bingo) - 86
Bfame (general terms) - Bridge Federation of Asia & Middle East.
Bfp (general terms) - Baseball Federation of Pakistan.
B-Gamepoker - The second-highest game in a particular club.
Biased Numbers roulette
Biased Wheel roulette
Bib (blackjack) - The acronym for Blackbelt In Blackjack, book by Arnold Snyder.
Bicycle poker - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: Wheel.
Bicycle Cards poker
Bicycle Wheel poker
Bid poker
Big poker - Pertaining to $1000. "I lost six big" means "I lost $6000."
Big 6 (craps)
Big 8 (craps)
Big Apple poker - Big game, often the biggest game in a particular club. "I lost $1000 in the big apple today".
Big Bertha (slots)
Big Bet poker
Big Bet Game poker - 1) A pot-limit or no-limit game. 2) High-stakes game.
Big Bet Poker Dictionary poker
Big Bill poker - 1) $100 bill. 2) $1000 bill.
Big Blind poker
Big Bobtail poker - An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
Big Casino poker - The 10 of diamonds; in lowball, a hand topped by this card.
Big Cat poker
Big Dime poker - $10,000; usually heard only among sports bettors.
Big Dog poker
Big Full poker - In hold 'em, the highest possible full house, that is, three aces and two kings.
Big Game poker - The biggest game in the house; usually preceded by the.
Big Hand poker
Big Limit poker - One of the largest games played in a particular establishment or area. "He plays only big limit".
Big Nickel poker - 500
Big Number roulette
Big One poker
Big Player poker - A big-limit player, or someone who plays in large no-limit games.
Big Player / Bp (blackjack)
Big Red (craps) - Placing a bet on Any Seven.
Big Six (blackjack) - The large, vertical wheel of fortune type apparatus normally set near the main entrance of a casino.
Big Slick poker - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
Big Squeeze poker - High-low six-card stud, sometimes played with a twist.
Big Tiger poker
Bike poker - A Bicycle. The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. More common term: Wheel.
Bill poker
Bingo
Bingo Board
Bingo Booklets
Bingo Card (bingo)
Bingo Marker (bingo) - A crayon or ink dauber that is used to cover the numbers on a bingo game card.
Bird Dog poker
Bitch poker - A Queen.
Bj (blackjack)
Bja (blackjack) - An abbreviation for Don Schlesinger's book entitled Black Jack Attack.
Bjf (blackjack) - An abbreviation for Black Jack Forum, Arnold Snyder's newsletter.
Bjfb (blackjack) - An abbreviation for Bryce Carlson's book entitled Black Jack For Blood.
Black & Whites (blackjack)
Black poker - A $100 chip, in many card rooms and casinos.
Black Action roulette - A bet made with a black ($100) chip.
Black Action or Black Play (blackjack)
Black Bet roulette - A wager that the color of the next number will be black.
Black Book (general terms) - The list of undesirable people who are forbidden to enter any casino in Nevada.
Black Chip (blackjack) - A $100 chip.
Black Chip poker - A $100 chip, in many card rooms and casinos.
Black Chip Game poker - A high-stakes game, that is, one using $100 chips.
Black Leg poker - Archaic term for crooked card-sharp.
Black Maria poker
Blackjack (general terms) - A card game where players try to beat the dealer by getting closest to 21 without going over.
Blackjack / 21 / Twenty-One
Blackjack Table
Blackout (bingo)
Blacks (blackjack) - $100 table checks. "I've been dealing to blacks all night."
Blacks roulette - Chips valued at $100.
Blank (keno) - - A keno ticket that has not been used.
Blank poker - A card that is of no value to a player's hand.
Blaze poker - 1) A hand consisting of five face cards. It has no ranking in card room poker, though sometimes does in private games. The term is often used by lowball players to embellish their hard-luck stories. "That guy just got his second bicycle, and what'd I get? Another blaze." 2) A nonstandard hand sometimes given value in a private or home game, consisting of five face cards, ranking between two pair and three of a kind.
Bleed (blackjack) - To worry about a player winning on a gaming table
Bleed poker - Win a lot of money a little at a time, from either a game or a particular player.
Bleeder (blackjack) - A person, usually a pit boss or a floorman who worries or gets upset if a player is winning.
Blind poker
Blind and Atraddle Game poker
Blind Bet (Or Blind) poker
Blind Game poker - A game with blinds.
Blind Off poker
Blind Open poker
Blind Opening poker
Blind Raise poker - When a player raises without first looking at his or her cards.
Blind Robber poker
Blind Stealer poker
Blind Stud poker
Blind Tiger poker
Blister poker - To peg.
Blistering poker - The marks put on cards described under peg.
Blivit poker - A totally worthless hand. When caught bluffing, a player might announce, "I've got a blivit."
Block poker
Block System poker
Blockout Work poker - Marking the backs of cards by covering part of the design with ink.
Blocky poker - In hold 'em, 6-3 as one's first two cards.
Blood Game poker
Blood Poker Dictionary poker - Playing poker primarily for money, as opposed to social reasons.
Blook poker
Blooker poker
Blow poker - Lose a pot. "I blew that pot."
Blow (general terms)
Blow Back poker - Lose one's profit, often due to having stuck around too long.
Blow it (blackjack) To lose a bet for the dealers. "I've blown every bet they've made for me tonight."
Blower (bingo)
Blower (keno
Blue poker - Having a spade or club flush. Also, all black.
Blue Box (general terms) - A device used by some bookmakers to make illegal long distance calls.
Bluff poker - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.
Bluff Catcher poker
Bm (general terms) - Bookmaker
Board (keno) - An electrical board showing the twenty numbers selected for each game of keno.
Board poker
Board Man poker
Board Odds (general terms) - The odds offered by a bookmaker, which are listed on his or her betting board.
Board Person poker
Board/Show Price (general terms)
Boardman poker
Boat poker
Bobtail poker - Four cards to a straight or flush.
Bobtail Flush poker - Four cards to a flush.
Bobtail Straight poker
Bobtailed Straight poker
Body Language (blackjack)
Bonanza Bingo
Bone poker
Bones (craps) - Another name for dice.
Bonus (blackjack)
Bonus Feature (slots)
Bonus Game (keno)
Bonus Multiplier Slots
Bonus Poker (videopoker)
Bonus Video Slots
Book (bingo) - A Ticket.
Book poker
Book (general terms)
Book the Action (blackjack) - To accept a bet for play.
Bookie (general terms) - A person or organization that sets the lines and books the bets in sports.
Bookie's Hope (general terms)
Bookmaker (Also Bookie) (general terms) - A business that lays odds and takes bets.
Bookmaker (Bookie) (general terms)
Boost poker - To raise.
Border Work poker
Boss Hand poker - [1] 1) The winner of a pot.[2] 2) Any excellent hand.
Bottle (general terms) - The price of 2-1
Bottom poker - Card dealt from the bottom of the deck.
Bottom Dealer poker
Bottom Pair poker
Bottom Sheet (general terms) - A bookmaker's accounting of gambling debts.
Bottom Track roulette
Bottoms poker - Cards dealt from the bottom of the deck.
Bouble Bluff poker - A bluff made by betting, getting raised, and then re-raising.
Bounty poker
Bounty Tournament poker
Bowl (keno) - - The part of the ball machine that holds the balls when the blower is not on.
Bow-Wow (general terms) - An underdog
Box poker
Box Bet (lotto)
Box Man poker - House dealer.
Box the Cards (blackjack)
Boxcars (craps) - 1. Twelve. 2. Betting on the 12.
Boxed (lotto)
Boxed poker - Facing the wrong way, usually said of a card in a deck. "Re-deal those, houseman. I see a boxed card."
Boxed Card (blackjack)
Boxed Card poker
Boxing (lotto)
Boxman (craps)
Boxman (general terms) - The casino employee in charge of the craps table. The boxman sits between the base dealers.
Boy poker - Jack. "I have three boys" means "I have three of a kind, jacks."
Bp (blackjack) - The acronym for a Big Player in a team effort.
Bpay (keno)
Br (blackjack) - [1] Bankroll. [2] The acronym for Beau Rivage, the casino
Br poker - Short for Bankroll.
Br (general terms) - Bankroll
Brag poker
Brain Lock (blackjack)
Brass Brazilianspoker - The nuts; usually preceded by the.
Break (blackjack)
Break poker
Break (general terms) - To exceed 21.
Break a Game poker
Break Down the Bet (blackjack) - To separate a stack of chips into individual piles by color.
Break Down the Deck (blackjack) - To shuffle the cards.
Break Even poker - End up, after a playing session, neither winning nor losing, often implying after having been losing.
Break For Action poker
Break it Down (blackjack) - To place chips into countable piles or to separate them into colors.
Break Off poker
Break Open (lotto)
Break-in (Dealer) (blackjack)
Breaking Hand
Breakopen (bingo)
Brick poker
Bridge poker
Bridge Order poker
Bridge the Chips (blackjack) - To place the odd chip so that it covers part of two chips.
Brief poker
Brighton Line (bingo) - 59
Bring in poker
Bring in a Deck poker - To substitute a prearranged deck for the one that is supposed to be dealt.
Bring it in poker - To start the betting on the first round.
Bring it poker
Bring Out (craps)
Bring-in poker
Broadway (baccarat) - An aluminum container to hold the discarded cards. The bucket is in the middle of the layout.
Broadway poker - An ace high straight. Usually heard only in stud and community-card games.
Broderick Crawford poker
Broke Money (craps) - Transportation money given to the broke player by the casino.
Broken Game poker
Broker poker
Brooklyn Forest (craps) - Hard six (3&3).
Brush poker - A card room employee responsible for managing the seating list.
Brush Man poker - A male brush person.
Brush Off poker
Brush Person poker
Brush-Off poker - The act of giving a thief a secret sign to leave. "I gave him the brush-off and he left right away."
Bs (blackjack) - The acronym for Basic Strategy.
Btd (blackjack) - The acronym for Beat The Dealer by Ed Thorp.
Btw (blackjack) - The acronym for By The Way.
Bubble poker
Buck
Buck the Odds poker
Buckle my Shoe (bingo) - 32
Buffalo (craps) - Placing a bet on each of the Hard way and Any Seven.
Bug poker
Buick poker - In lowball, a straight 8. Buick used to build a straight 8 engine.
Build a Game Around poker
Bull poker - Ace; also bullet.
Bull the Game poker - 1) Bluff a lot. 2) Bet aggressively, regardless of one's cards.
Bullet(s) poker - Ace(s); also bull.
Bullets poker - Chips. Also called ammunition.
Bully Johnson poker - In hold 'em, 3-5 as one's first two cards.
Bum poker
Bump poker
Bump Heads poker - Two players fight it out for a pot, and both get all their chips in the pot.
Bump into (blackjack)
Bundle poker - 1) Large bet. "When I checked, he bet a bundle, and I couldn't call." 2) Large bankroll.
Bunny poker
Buried poker - Losing heavily. "How ya doin'?" "I'm buried."
Buried Pair poker - A buried pair is a pair in the hole in seven card stud.
Burlington Bertie (general terms) - The price of 100-30
Burn (baccarat) - To discard a number of cards at the beginning of the shoe.
Burn
Burn and Turn poker
Burn Card poker
Burn Card (general terms) - Any card placed in the discard rack without being entered into play.
Burn Joint (blackjack) - Slang for casino with nearly unbeatable rules.
Burn/Ing Card (blackjack)
Burned Cards (baccarat) - Cards discarded after the decks have been cut and before actual play begins.
Bury poker
Bust poker
Bust (general terms) - See Break.
Bust a Player poker - To deprive a player of all his chips; in tournament play, to eliminate a player
Bust Card (blackjack)
Bust Hand poker - A hand drawn to and missed.
Bust Out poker
Bust/Busted ("Too many") (blackjack)
Busted poker - Having no money or chips.
Busted Flush poker - A busted hand that missed a draw to a straight or a flush is a busted straight or a busted flush.
Busted Hand poker - A hand drawn to and missed.
Busted Straight poker - A missed straight.
Bust-Out Dealer (blackjack) - A dealer who cheats for the casino.
Bust-Out Joint (blackjack) - A casino that cheats to survive.
Bust-Out Joint poker - A crooked gaming establishment.
Button poker
Button (Marker Button) (blackjack)
Button Charge poker
Buy poker
Buy (general terms) - A player pays an additional price to receive half a point or more in his favor on a point spread game.
Buy Bets (craps)
Buy Points (general terms)
Buy Price (general terms) - The higher figure quoted by an Index bookmaker
Buy Short poker - Buy less than the minimum required for the game.
Buy the 4 and 10 (craps)
Buy the Pot poker - To match the pot.
Buy-in (blackjack) - To exchange cash money for chips.
Buy-in poker
Buy-in Tournament (keno)
Buy-your-Pay (slots)
Buzz (blackjack) - To hustle or ask for a bet for the dealer.
By Me. poker - I check" or "I pass.
Baccarat - a card game where the winning hand totals closest to 9 discounting all units of 10.
Banker - in Pai Gow, the player who books the action of the other bettors at the table.
Bankroll - the total amount of money a player has for a gaming session.
Bar the 12 - in craps, makes the 12 a push on the Don't Pass Bar.
Base - area on the dice table where the majority of bets are made and paid.
Base Dealer - dice dealer in charge of one of the bases.
Basic Strategy - the mathematically correct way to play blackjack in order to maximize your advantage.
Bet - wager or gamble
Betting Limits - the minimum and maximum that can be wagered on one bet.
Betting Right - betting on the Pass Line or with the shooter.
Betting Wrong - betting on the Don't Pass Line or against the shooter.
Blackjack - a card game where the players try to beat the dealer by getting closest to 21 without going over. Also known as 21.
Blackjack Hand - a hand whose first two cards total 21.
Blind Bet - a bet that certain poker players are required to make as a result of their betting position.
Bluff - in poker, players bluff when raising a weak hand in the hope of driving out players with a stronger hand.
Box - in craps, the area of the dice table controlled by the boxman, where the center bets are placed.
Boxcars - in craps, when you roll two sixes.
Boxman - the casino dealer in charge of the craps table .
Bring-in - in seven-card stud poker, this is the mandatory bet made by the player with the lowest upcard in the first round of betting.
Bump - to raise
Burn Card - any card placed in the discard rack without being entered into play. After the deck is shuffled and cut, one card is burned.
Bust - to exceed 21 in blackjack, making it a losing hand. Also known as break
