Entries C- Cy
C (poker) - Clubs (the suit), in written text. Kc, for example, is the king of clubs (K).
C.H.O.R.S.E (poker)
C.H.O.R.S.E.L (poker)
Caesar (poker) - The king of diamonds.
Caf (general terms) - Confederation of African Football.
Cage
Cage Girl (poker) - A female cashier.
Cage Man (poker) - A cashier of the male persuasion.
Cage Person (poker)
Caille Gum Vendor (slots)
Calamity Jane (poker)
Calcutta (general terms)
California (poker)
California Blind (poker) - Bet-or-fold, double limit draw poker (high), open on anything, with three traveling blinds.
California Draw (poker)
California Game (poker) - Any of the games played in the California games section of a card room or casino.
California Games (poker)
California Lowball (poker)
Call
Call Attendant (slots) - You have won and ask for a comp at that time.
Call Bet
Call Cold (poker) - To call a bet and raise at once.
Call For Insurance (blackjack)
Call Someone Down (poker)
Called Hand (poker)
Caller
Calling Hand (poker)
Calling Station (poker)
Callman (baccarat) - The dealer who runs or calls the game of baccarat.
Camouflage (blackjack) - An action which is intended to hide the fact that a player is counting cards.
Canadian (Super Yankee) (general terms) - 5 selections, 26 bets - 10 doubles, 10 trebles, 5 four-timers, 1 accumulator.
Canadian Line (general terms) - A combination point spread and moneyline in hockey.
Cancel (keno)
Cancellation Betting System (roulette)
Candy Store (bingo) - 74
Canine (poker) - In hold 'em, K-9 as one's first two cards. Also, pedigree.
Can't Beat the Board (poker)
Cap (poker)
Cap/Ing, Capping of Bets (blackjack)
Capable (poker) - Having the ability to cheat. "Is he capable?" means "Is he a thief or mechanic?".
Capitola. (poker) - Saying, often said by California dealers, that means "The betting is capped".
Capped (poker) - Describing the situation in which the maximum number of raises in a round of betting have been made.
Capped Dice (craps) - Crooked dice.
Capper (poker) - The chip used to cap the deck.
Capping a Bet (roulette) - Illegally adding more chips to a bet that has already won. It is a form of Past Posting.
Cappuccino. (poker) - Saying, often said by dealers, that means "The betting is capped."
Card
Card Club (poker) - A card room.
Card Counter (blackjack) - A person who card counts by assigning numerical values to the cards (see Card Counting)
Card Counting
Card Dauber (poker) - Someone who marks cards.
Card Down
Card Eating (blackjack)
Card Mechanic (poker) - A cheat who manipulates the deck.
Card Mob (poker) - Two or more cheaters working together in a card game.
Card Money (poker) - Money allocated by a gambler for playing at cards; bankroll.
Card Play (poker) - Playing at cards. Also, carding.
Card Player (poker) - The premier magazine devoted to card playing.
Card Playing (poker) - Playing at cards. Also, carding, card play.
Card Rack (poker)
Card Room (poker)
Card Sense (poker)
Card Shark (poker)
Card Smith (poker) - A card player, particular one who plays for a living.
Card Table (poker)
Card Wrench (poker)
Carder (poker) - One who plays cards, particularly a professional.
Card-Holder (poker) - A player who seems to get more good hands than random chance would dictate.
Card-Hustler (poker) - Card thief.
Carding (poker)
Card-Room License (poker)
Cards (poker)
Cards Break Even (poker)
Cards Speak (poker)
Cardsharping (poker) - The Cheating at cards.
Caribbean Stud (poker)
Caribbean Stud (general terms) - A five-card poker game with all players playing against the house.
Carousel (slots) - [1] A group of slot machines. [2] The area provided by the casino for a group of Bally $1 machines.
Carpet (general terms) - The price of 3-1
Carpet Joint (blackjack)
Carpet Joint (poker) - A well-appointed casino or card room, as opposed to a sawdust joint. Also called rug joint.
Carpet Store (blackjack) - A higher class casino than a sawdust joint, because it has carpet on the floor.
Carre; (roulette) - French term for the Corner Bet.
Carry a Slug (poker)
Carry Over
Case (poker)
Case Bet (blackjack) - A bet with the player.
Case Bet (poker) - A gambler's last bet, when he has lost his bankroll or stake.
Case Card (blackjack) - The last card of a denomination left in the deck. Usually used as a poker term.
Case Card (poker) - The last card of a denomination or suit, when the rest have already been seen.
Case Chips (poker) - A player's last chips.
Case Money (poker) - The last of a gambler's bankroll or stake.
Case Money (general terms) - Emergency money.
Cash Ball (bingo)
Cash in (poker) - To leave the game and convert one's chips to cash, either with the dealer or at the cage.
Cash Lotto
Cash Option (lotto) - A large jackpot that the winner elects to receive as a lump sum cash payment rather than an annuity.
Cash Out (poker) - To leave a game and cash in one's chips at the cage.
Cash Out Button (videopoker)
Cash Payoff (lotto)
Cash Threshold (keno) - A pay out limit, beyond which, payment is completed by check.
Cashier (blackjack)
Cash-in-Prize (bingo)
Casing the Layout (blackjack)
Casino
Casino Advantage (roulette)
Casino Cage (poker)
Casino Checks (craps) - The casino's term for chips issued by the house.
Casino Chowaha (poker)
Casino Host
Casino Manager (blackjack) - The person who manages all phases of the casino operations.
Casino Manager (roulette) - The person responsible for seeing that the games of a given casino are handled properly
Casino Night (bingo)
Cat (poker) - Any one of big tiger, little tiger, big cat, little cat.
Cat Flush (poker)
Cat Hop (poker)
Catbird Seat (poker)
Catch (keno) - To catch a number means that a number you have marked on your keno ticket has been drawn.
Catch (poker)
Catch (Heat / Card) (blackjack)
Catch Inside (poker)
Catch Outside (poker)
Catch Perfect (poker)
Catch Rough (poker)
Catch Smooth (poker)
Catch-All (keno) - A keno game that requires you to catch all of the numbers you have marked on your ticket.
Catch-Zero (keno) - A keno game that requires you to catch none of the numbers you have marked on your ticket.
Cats and Dogs (poker)
Caught in the Middle (poker)
Caught Speeding (poker) - Slang for caught bluffing.
Cbfs (general terms) - Cricketers Benefit Fund Series.
Cbjn (blackjack)
Cc (blackjack) - 1. The acronym for Card Counting. 2. The acronym for Circus Circus, a casino.
Ccc (general terms) - County Cricket Club.
Cecil (C-Note) (blackjack) - A $100 bill
Cellar (poker)
Cellar Dealer (poker)
Center Dealer (poker) - The House dealer.
Center Field (craps) - Betting that the next roll will be the total sum of 9 (5&4)
Center Pot (poker)
Century (poker) - A $100 bill.
Century Note (poker) - A $100 bill.
Cfp (general terms) - Chess Federation of Palostan.
C-Game (poker) - Any low-stakes game, generally the third highest in a given establishment.
Cgf (general terms) - Commonwealth Games Federation.
Chalk (general terms) - The team favored to win.
Chalk Eater (general terms)
Chalk Player (general terms)
Chameleon Strategy (roulette)
Chance (poker)
Chances (poker)
Change Boy / Girl / Person (slots)
Change Color (craps) - Changing casino chips into smaller or larger denomination.
Change Color (poker)
Change Gears (poker)
Change List (poker)
Change of Color (poker)
Change-in (poker)
Charlemagne (poker) - The king of hearts.
Charles (poker) - The king of hearts. May come from Charlemagne, or King Charles VII of France.
Charles Fey (slots) - Inventor of the original slot machine Liberty Bell of San Francisco.
Charlie (poker) - The third position to the left of the dealer. Sometimes called just C.
Chase
Chasing Losses (roulette) - Increasing your bets in order to recoup what you've lost. Not a good way to play.
Cheat (poker)
Cheater (poker) - One who employs cheating techniques; A thief.
Cheaters (poker) - Marked decks.
Cheating (blackjack)
Cheating Device (poker) - A mechanical device for cheating, such as a holdout machine. Also called tool.
Check
Check and Raise (poker)
Check Blind (poker)
Check Cashing Card (poker)
Check Cop (poker)
Check Copper (poker) - A thief whose specialty is stealing chips from pots or other players, usually by palming them.
Check Dark (poker)
Check in the Dark (poker)
Check Rack (poker) - A box, or tray, that has indentations to neatly hold chips in (often five) stacks.
Check Rack (roulette) - The tray that hold the chips for a game. Also, known as a chip rack or chip tray.
Check Raise (poker)
Checker (poker)
Check-Rack (poker)
Checks
Checks Play (blackjack)
Cheese (poker).
Chemin De Fer (baccarat) - The European version of baccarat, where players bet among themselves.
Chemmy (baccarat) - The English slang term for chemin de fer.
Cheval (roulette) - French for Split bet.
Chicago (poker)
Chicago Bankroll (poker)
Chinese Poker Dictionary (poker) - 13-card-stud.
Chingaderos (poker) - The nuts; usually preceded by the.
Chip (poker)
Chip (general terms) - Name given to the tokens used at the gaming tables.
Chip Along (poker)
Chip Copper (poker) - A thief whose specialty is stealing chips from pots or other players, usually by palming them.
Chip Declaration (poker)
Chip Girl (poker)
Chip in (poker)
Chip Person (poker)
Chip Race (poker)
Chip Rack (poker) - A box, or tray, that has indentations to neatly hold chips in (often five) stacks.
Chip Runner (blackjack) - A person who carries chips from the cage to the table.
Chip Runner (poker)
Chip the Pot (poker) - Take a portion of the pot to cover expenses.
Chip Tray (poker) - A box, or tray, that has indentations to neatly hold chips in (often five) stacks.
Chip Up (poker) - To exchange one's chips for ones of higher value.
Chippers (poker)
Chippies (poker)
Chip-Rack (poker)
Chips
Chips Declare (poker)
Choice Pots (poker) - An announcement, in a home game, by the dealer that the next hand will be dealer's choice.
Chop (poker)
Chop a Game (poker) - Play for a short time in a game, win a lot of chips, and cash out.
Chop it Up. (poker) - An announcement by a player or dealer that the result of the current showdown is a split pot.
Chop the Blinds (poker)
Chop-Chop (poker)
Chopper (poker)
Chopping (poker) - Playing briefly in each of several games, usually successfully in each.
Choppy (craps)
Choppy Game (roulette)
Chowaha (poker)
Christmas Cake (bingo) - 38
Chump (poker) - Inexperienced poker player, sucker.
Chunking (blackjack)
Churn (general terms) - The effect of betting and re-betting money.
Chute (poker)
Chute Number 1 (poker)
Cigarette Pot (poker)
Cinch (poker) - The lock.
Cinch Hand (poker) - To lock. Often just cinch.
Cinch Player (poker) - One who plays only the nuts (usually used in a derisive sense).
Cincinnati (poker)
Circle
Circle Game
Cism (general terms) - Council of International Military Sports.
C-I-X (poker)
Class (poker) - Rank of hands.
Clean (poker)
Clean Dealer (poker) - Smooth and efficient dealer, usually said of a professional dealer.
Clean Money (blackjack)
Clean Move (poker)
Clean Out (poker) - Win all the money from one or more opponents, or from a game.
Clean the Floor (bingo) - 54
Clean Up (poker)
Clerk (blackjack)
Clerk (poker) - Smooth and efficient dealer, usually said of a professional dealer.
Clicketty Click (bingo) - 66
Clip (poker) - A cheating device to hold a card up a sleeve or under a table.
Clip Joint (poker) - An illegal card room or casino whose denizens include thieves, usually with the consent of the house.
Clock-in (Out) (blackjack)
Clocking (roulette)
Close
Close to the Chest (poker)
Close to the Vest (poker)
Closed Card (poker) - Downcard.
Closed Game (poker)
Closed Hand (poker)
Closed Poker Dictionary (poker) - Games in which all of the cards are dealt face down.
Closing Line (general terms) - The final list of point spreads offered before game time.
Club (poker) - 1) Any card in the clubs suit.2) Public card room.
Club Poker Dictionary
Club Stakes (poker) - Posted rules regarding wagering, usually found in licensed card rooms.
Clubs (poker)
Clump (blackjack)
Clumper / Clumping (blackjack)
Cm (blackjack) - The acronym for Chinese Mafia, an expression used by Atlantic City locals to describe slot fleas.
C-Note (poker) - A $100 bill.
Coat Card (poker)
Coaxer (poker)
Cockle (general terms) - The price of 10/1
Cocktail Waitress (blackjack) - Casino employees who distribute free mind-altering beverages to blackjack players.
Coffee Housing (poker) - An attempt to mislead opponents about one's hand by means of devious speech or behavior.
Coffee Pot (poker)
Coffeehouse (poker)
Coin Door (bingo)
Coinless Machine (videopoker)
Coins Size (slots)
Cojones (poker) - The nuts, usually preceded by loss. (Pronounced co-HO-nayss.)
Cold (blackjack) - Term used to describe a losing cycle of hands.
Cold (poker)
Cold Bluff (poker) - A large bluff made on a weak hand.
Cold Call (poker) - To call a raise without having already put the initial bet into the pot.
Cold Deck (poker)
Cold Dice (craps) - Dice that aren't passing.
Cold Game (poker) - Dishonest card game.
Cold Table (craps) - When shooters are not making their Points.
Cold Table (roulette) - Any table where you and/or other players have been losing.
Cold Twenty (Turkey) (blackjack)
Cold-Deck (poker) - To deal a cold deck; usually to someone. "Those bastards cold-decked me."
Cold-Decker (poker) - Thief, generally one who prepares or introduces into a game a cold deck.
Collection (poker) - Time.
Collection Drop (poker) - Drop.
Collusion (poker)
Colonne (roulette) - The French term for Column Bet.
Color (blackjack)
Color Change
Color For Color (blackjack)
Color Up
Colors
Columbia River (poker) - In hold' em, K-7 as one's first two cards.
Column Bet (roulette)
Comb (baccarat) - Another term for Lace: To randomly place cards into a stack of cards one at a time.
Combination (general terms)
Combination (Way) Ticket (keno)
Combination Bet (roulette) - Using one or more chips in the same position to wager on more than one number at a time.
Combo (lotto)
Comdex (blackjack)
Come
Come Back at (poker)
Come Back on (poker)
Come Bet (craps) - A wager placed after the come-out roll that the dice will pass.
Come Bet (poker) - A bet made on the come.
Come Bet (general terms)
Come Box (craps) - The area on the craps layout where Come bets are placed.
Come Down (poker)
Come Hand (poker) - A hand which must improve in order to have a realistic shot is a come hand.
Come in (poker) - Call, usually referring to any betting round but the last.
Come in Cold (poker) - Call a bet and one or more raises without yet having any money in the pot.
Come in For a Raise (poker) - Open for more than the minimum. In a limit game, this means open for two bets.
Come in Light (poker) - Get into a pot with a poor hand.
Come in on the Blind (poker)
Come Line (general terms) - Area on the craps table where Come Bets are placed.
Come Off (poker)
Come Out Roll (craps) - The first roll of the dice in a betting round is called the "come out" roll.
Come Over the Top (poker) - To raise or re-raise an opponent's bet.
Come-Out Roll (general terms)
Coming of Age (bingo) - 18
Commission (baccarat)
Commission (lotto)
Commission Box (baccarat) - Where the lammers are placed to indicate the amount owed by the players for all bank wins.
Commit Fully (poker) - To put in as many chips as necessary to play your hand to the river, even if they're your case chips.
Common Card (poker) - One card dealt to the center of the table and considered part of each active player's hand.
Community Cards (poker)
Community Pot (poker) - Family pot.
Comoque (poker)
Comoquer (poker) - In lowball, a card that pairs one in your hand. "I drew to a bicycle and caught a comoquer."
Comp
Complete Bluff (poker)
Complete Hand
Complete the Bet (poker)
Complimentary (blackjack) - On the House".
Complimentary Play (poker)
Composition Dependent Strategy
Comps (videopoker)
Computer Forecast (general terms)
Computer Hand (poker)
Computer Selection Table (slots)
Computer Ticket (keno) - A keno ticket generated by a computer.
Concave (poker) - A card trimmed such that its middles are narrower than its ends.
Concave Card (poker) - A card trimmed such that its middles are narrower than its ends.
Concealed (poker)
Concealed Hand (poker)
Concealed Pair (poker) - In stud, a pair, both cards of which are among a player's first two down cards.
Conditional Bet (general terms)
Conditioning (keno)
Conditions (keno)
Confederate (poker) - An accomplice or partner of a thief.
Connector (poker)
Consecutive Declaration (poker)
Conservative (poker)
Consolation(s) (bingo)
Continuous Design (lotto) - A set of tickets that while connected form a continuous picture.
Convert (blackjack)
Convex (poker) - A card trimmed such that its middles are narrower than its ends.
Convex Card (poker) - A card trimmed such that its middles are narrower than its ends.
Cooler
Cop (blackjack) - Palming a chip off the top of a stack of chips (to cop a chip).
Cop Checks (poker) - Steal chips out of pots, usually done by a check cop.
Cornbred (craps)
Corner Bend (poker) - A crimp on the corner of a card, for identification by a cheat.
Corner Bet (roulette)
Corner Seat (poker) - In a game dealt by a house dealer, either one of the two seats next to the dealer.
Correct Conditioning (keno) - The writing of a ticket to correspond with the exact wishes of the player.
Correct Score (general terms) - A wager that involves correctly predicting the final score of a game.
Cosmetics (poker)
Count (blackjack)
Count Down
Count Down the Deck (blackjack)
Count Down the Stub (poker)
Count Someone Down (poker)
Countdown Hand (poker)
Counter (blackjack)
Counter (poker) - An old term for a chip.
Counterfeit (poker)
Counterfeited (poker)
Counting System (blackjack)
Country Straight (poker)
Coup (baccarat) - French for a round of play.
Coupon (blackjack)
Couponomy (blackjack)
Courchevel (poker)
Course" Betting (general terms) - Usually applied to bets made in betting shops in accordance with pre-race odds.
Court Card (poker) - A jack, queen or king.
Courtesy Bet (poker)
Courtesy Play (poker)
Cover (baccarat) - In chemin de fer, to cover all or part of the bank bet. Also called fade.
Cover
Cover Bet (blackjack)
Cover Play (blackjack)
Cover the Bank Bet (baccarat) - In chemin de fer, to cover all or part of the bank bet. Also called fade.
Cover the Bet (blackjack) - To accept a bet for play. "Book the action".
Cover to Win (general terms)
Coverall (bingo) - This is a pattern where you must cover all numbers on the card to win.
Covering the Spread (general terms) - Beating the posted point spread.
Cow (poker)
Cow Up (poker)
Cowboy (poker) - A king.
Cp (blackjack) - The acronym for Caesars Palace, a casino.
Crab (poker) - Three (the card); so called because a 3 looks like it has pincers.
Crabs (poker) - In hold 'em, 3-3 as one's first two cards.
Crack (poker) - To beat a powerful hand.
Cracked (poker) - Beat, referring to a particular hand.
Crank (poker) - Start a game; usually followed by up.
Crank it Up (poker) - Play fast, that is, lively or loosely.
Crank One Up (poker) - Start a new game.
Crap - The numbers 2, 3 and 12.
Crap Out (general terms) - Rolling a Crap (2, 3, or 12) on the come-out roll.
Crap(s) Out - Rolling a 2, 3 or 12 on the come-out roll.
Craps - A term for the numbers 2, 3 and 12.
Craps (general terms) - Dice term for 2, 3, and 12. Crew: Dice/Craps dealers assigned to the game.
Craps Rules of Play (craps) - See Craps Rules in the How-To-Play Section.
Crayon (keno) - Used by a keno player to mark numbers on a ticket. Similar to a child's crayon, but usually black.
Crazy Pineapple (poker)
Credit Bet (general terms) - A bet accepted by a bookmaker where no cash has been deposited.
Credit Limit (general terms)
Credit Line (blackjack)
Credit Line (roulette) - The amount of credit a player is allowed by a given casino.
Credit Manager (roulette) - The person in charge of determining casino credits for the player.
Credit Meter (slots)
Credits (videopoker)
Crew (craps) - The dealers who staff the craps table.
Crew (roulette) - Personnel who man a game.
Crier (poker) - One who complains a lot while playing, usually about his bad luck.
Crimp (blackjack) - To put a bend in the cards in order to mark them for the purpose of cheating.
Crimp (poker) - Bend one or more cards in such a way as to force the deck to be cut to the spot desired by a cheat.
Crimp Artist (poker) - A cheat who crimps cards.
Crimper (poker) - A cheat who crimps cards.
Cripple (poker)
Criss-Cross (poker) - X marks the spot.
Critter (blackjack) - See Pit critter.
Cross Bet (general terms)
Cross Roader (blackjack) - Term for a professional card cheat. Also "cheat", "hustler", "con man" or "scam artist".
Crossfire (poker)
Crossroader (poker)
Crossroader (roulette) - A casino cheat.
Croupier (baccarat) - The French term for dealer.
Croupier (blackjack) - A French word for dealer.
Croupier (general terms) - Term mainly used when referring to roulette and sometimes baccarat dealers.
Croupier (roulette) - French term for roulette wheel operator or dealer.
Cry (poker) - Complain a lot while playing.
Crying Call (poker) - A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold.
Crying Winner (poker)
Csm (blackjack)
Ctr (blackjack) - The acronym for Currency Transaction Report.
Cts (blackjack) - The acronym for Casino Tournament Strategy, book by Stanford Wong.
Cull (poker)
Cumulative Odds (general terms)
Cup of Tea (bingo) - 3
Curse of Mexico (poker) - The two of spades.
Cut
Cut Card
Cut Checks (blackjack)
Cut For High Card (poker)
Cut For the Deal (poker) - Cut cards to see which player will be dealt the first hand.
Cut into (blackjack)
Cut it Up (poker) - To split the pot after a tie.
Cut Out (poker) - 1) Split out. 2) Terminate a partnership.
Cut Someone Out (poker) - Split out.
Cut Someone Up (poker)
Cut the Cards
Cut the Deck
Cut the Game (poker) - Take a portion of the pot to cover expenses.
Cut the Game Down (poker)
Cut the Pot (poker) - Take a portion of the pot to cover expenses.
Cut Tokes (blackjack) - To divide the tokes made by the dealers in an equitable manner.
Cut Up (poker) - Split out.
Cutoff Seat (poker) - The position to the right of the button, particularly when the button plays in a given hand.
Cut-Off(s) Cards (blackjack)
Cutout (poker) - A card marked by scraping its back or otherwise removing some of the ink.
Cutout Work (poker) - Markings placed on cards by scraping off part of the design on their backs.
Cutter (poker) - The person who cuts the deck.
Cutthroat Game (poker)
Cutthroat Poker Dictionary
Cutting (poker) - Performing a cut (of the deck, prior to dealing).
Cutting Cards (poker)
Cutting the Cards (poker)
Cv (blackjack)
Cvsim (blackjack)
Cw (blackjack) - An abbreviation for Cocktail Waitress.
Cycle (videopoker)
