Entries L - Ly
La Bouchere Betting System (roulette)
La Grande (baccarat) - The French term for a 9 dealt as a natural.
La Hire (poker) - The jack of hearts. May have come from a knight of the court of King Charles VII of France.
La Petite (baccarat) - The French term for a 8 dealt as a natural.
Labouchere (blackjack)
Lace (baccarat) - To randomly place cards into a stack of cards one at a time.
Lady (poker) - A Queen.
Lalapalooza (poker)
Lamb (poker) - A sucker or mark; a poor player easily relieved of his money.
Lamebrain Pete (poker)
Lamebrains (poker)
Lammer (poker)
Lammers (baccarat) - Lammers are used to mark up commissions.
Lancelot (poker) - The jack of clubs. Comes from the famed knight of King Arthur's Round Table.
Large (poker) - Pertaining to $1000. "I lost six large" means "I lost $6000."
Large Bet (poker)
Las Vegas (blackjack)
Las Vegas Riffle (poker)
Las Vegas Shuffle (poker)
Las Vegas Strip (blackjack)
Las Vegas Strip Rules (blackjack)
Last Bet (poker)
Last Position (poker)
Last Raise (poker)
Last to Act (poker)
Last-Card Ouie (poker)
Late Blind (poker)
Late Mail (general terms)
Late Night Bingo (bingo) - Session" of bingo that starts late at night, usually about 10:00 pm. Also Moonlight Bingo.
Late Position (poker) - A position on a round of betting in which you act after most of the other players have acted.
Late Surrender (blackjack)
Latex (lotto) - The material used for the scratch panel on a lottery scratch card.
Lay (craps) - A bet against a particular number by the wrong bettor, who gives the casino a 5% comission.
Lay (general terms) - Take a bet on, like a Bookmaker.
Lay (The) Odds (craps)
Lay a Price (general terms) - Bet a favorite, lay the points
Lay Bet(s) (craps)
Lay Down (poker) - To reveal one's hand in a showdown.
Lay Down your Hand (poker) - To fold.
Lay Odds (poker) - To give favorable odds to an opponent.
Lay Off (general terms)
Lay Paint (poker) - To put markings on cards with paint, ink, or some other fluid.
Lay the Odds (poker)
Lay the Points (general terms)
Lay the Price (general terms) - A wager on a favorite in a moneyline contest
Lay Wager (craps) - Betting against a point number that has been thrown by paying a 5 percent commission.
Layer (general terms)
Laying a Horse (general terms)
Laying a Price (general terms) - Playing a favorite
Laying Off (general terms)
Laying the Points (general terms) - A wager on a favorite in a point spread contest.
Laying the Price (general terms) - A wager on a favorite in a money line contest.
Layoff (general terms)
Layoff Bet (general terms)
Layout (craps) - The imprinted surface of a craps table, which shows all the areas where bets can be placed.
Layout (roulette) - The design imprinted on the felt table top with the various bets that can be made.
Layout Strategies (roulette)
Lazy Pineapple (poker)
Lbw (general terms) - Leg Before Wicket.
Lead (poker) - To bet first, even when one had the option to check.
Leader (poker)
Leak (poker)
Leak a Hand (poker) - To leak your hand is to unknowingly expose one or more cards.
Leak Air (poker) - Put air into (Hold your cards in such a way that others can see them. Also, leak air).
Leather Ass (poker) - Patience, that is, what you need while you wait for the good cards to come.
Leave it (poker)
Ledge (poker)
Leg Up (poker)
Legal Bet (poker)
Legal Raise (poker)
Legitimate Hand (poker) - A strong hand that is not a bluff.
Legs Eleven (bingo) - 11
Lemon Juice (poker)
Lengthen (general terms)
Let it Ride (poker)
Let it Ride (general terms) - A poker game.
Level (blackjack)
Levels (general terms) - The price of evens.
Liberty Bell (slots) - The name of the original machine invented by Charles Fey of San Francisco.
Lid (poker) - The top card of the deck.
Lie (poker) - A bluff (To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.) - .
Light (poker)
Light Work (poker) - Markings put on a deck with very fine lines.
Lights (poker)
Like Mom and Dad (craps) - Betting that the next roll will be the total sum of 8 (4&4).
Limit
Limit Game (poker) - Limit poker, or, more specifically, an instance of a game played with limit stakes.
Limit Poker Dictionary
Limit Stakes (poker)
Limp (poker) - To flat call an opening forced bet is to limp into a hand.
Limp Along (poker) - To enter the round by calling a bet rather than raising.
Limp in (poker) - To enter the round by calling a bet rather than raising.
Limper (poker)
Line (poker)
Line Away (craps) - Betting that the next roll will be the number of 7 (5&2).
Line Bet
Line Betting (general terms)
Line Maker (general terms) - The person who establishes the original and subsequent betting lines.
Line Work (poker) - Spots, lines, curlicues, put on a deck by a cheater so that the cards can be read from the back.
Linemaker (general terms) - The person who establishes the original and subsequent betting lines.
Liner (poker) - A face card. (Because you can see a line when the card is face down and the lower right corner is lifted)
Lines (general terms) - Handicaps, pointspreads and odds offered to the punter.
Lineup (poker) - The players in a particular game. Also called crew.
List (poker)
Listed Pitcher
Little Blind (poker)
Little Bobtail (poker)
Little Casino (poker)
Little Cat (poker)
Little Dog (poker)
Little Joe (craps) - A pair of twos or Hard 4.
Little Joe from Kokomo (craps) - Betting that the next roll will be the number of 4 (2&2).
Little Minnie (poker)
Little Oldsmobile (poker) - In hold 'em, 8-8 as one's first two cards.
Little Pete (poker) - In hold 'em, 2-3 as one's first two cards.
Little Phoebe (craps) - Betting that the next roll will be the number of 5 (3&2).
Little Slick (poker) - In Hold'em, hole cards of A-2, suited or not.
Little Squeeze (poker)
Little Tiger (poker)
Little Virginia (poker) - A form of six-card stud, found only in home games, low hole card wild
Little Wheel (poker)
Live (poker)
Live Blind (poker)
Live Card (poker)
Live Chips (poker)
Live Game (poker)
Live Hand (poker) - A hand that is still eligible to win the pot.
Live Keno (keno) - Regular keno played on tickets, not video keno.
Live One (poker) - An inexperienced, bad or loose player who apparently has plenty of money to lose; a rich sucker.
Ll (blackjack) - The acronym for Lady Luck, a casino.
Load (poker) - A decent session's winnings. "He's back for another load."
Loaded For Bear (poker) - Having a great hand, usually one that has been passed; often said of a sandbagger.
Loan Shark (poker)
Loan Shark (general terms) - One, usually mob-connected, who loans money at a high weekly interest rate.
Loan-Sharking (poker) - Lending of money, particularly to gamblers, at excessive rates of interest.
Loball (poker)
Lobby (poker) - Sit out several hands, usually away from the table, or leave the table frequently.
Lobbying Chips (poker)
Lobster (poker)
Local (poker) - Someone who lives in Las Vegas (and "lives" in the poker games), as contrasted to a tourist.
Local Option Hands (poker)
Lock (poker) - A hand that cannot lose; a cinch hand.
Lock (general terms) - A surefire winner (there really is no such proposition)
Lock it Up (poker)
Lock Player (poker) - A locksmith (One who plays only the nuts).
Lock Up (poker) - Reserve or save (a seat). "Lock up a seat in the 6-12 for me."
Locked on (poker) - Unable to throw a hand away. "Too much money in the pot; you got me locked on." Also, tied on.
Locked Up (poker)
Locksmith (poker) - One who plays only the nuts (usually used in a derisive sense).
Lol (blackjack) - The acronym for Laughing Out Loud.
Lollapalooza (poker)
London Lowball (poker)
Long and Strong (craps) - When the stickman asks you to throw hard enough to hit the backboard.
Long Call (poker)
Long End of the Bet (roulette) - The side of the bet that must pay off more than it collects.
Long Odds (poker) - The odds for an event that has a relatively small chance of occurring.
Long Odds (general terms) - Generally greater then $11 (or 10/1).
Long Run
Long Shot (general terms)
Long Studs (poker) - Stud poker involving more than five cards; a term used primarily in England
Longshot
Look (poker)
Look at One (poker)
Look at Two (poker)
Look Someone Up (poker) - Call a bet, usually with a hand that can beat only a bluff.
Looking Down Someone's Throat (poker)
Looking Out the Window (poker)
Looloo (poker)
Loose (poker)
Loose Game (poker) - A game with a lot of players in most pots.
Loose Juice (poker) - Booze, Alcohol.
Loose Player (poker) - One who plays loose (Playing liberally; not tight.).
Loose Slots
Loosey (poker) - A loose player (Playing liberally; not tight.).
Loosey-Goosey (poker) - 1) A loose player (Playing liberally; not tight.). 2) Playing in a loose fashion.
Loser (poker)
Lotologist (lotto) - One who studies or collects lottery items.
Lotology (lotto) - The study, research or collection of any items connected with the Lottery, and most commonly used to describe the collection of Scratch Cards.
Lotto
Lounge (keno)
Low (poker)
Low Belly Strippers (poker)
Low Bet (roulette) - A wager that one of the low numbers (1-18) will win the next spin.
Low Chicago (poker)
Low Hole Card Wild (poker)
Low Level (slots) - Slot machines you can sit at to play.
Low Mambo (poker)
Low Poker Dictionary
Low Roller (blackjack) - A small better.
Low Roller (poker) - One who plays for small stakes. Opposite to high roller.
Low Roller (roulette) - A person who bets small stakes.
Low Spade (poker)
Low Stakes (poker) - Low-stakes game.
Lowball (Or Draw Lowball) (poker)
Lowball Draw (poker)
Lowball God (poker)
Lowball Stud (poker) - Razz (Seven-card stud lowball.).
Low-Stakes (poker) - Pertaining to a game played for smaller amounts than the other games in a particular establishment.
Low-Stakes Game (poker) - A game played for small stakes.
Ls (blackjack) - The acronym for Late Surrender.
Lt (blackjack) - The acronym for Lake Tahoe.
Lta (general terms) - Loan Tennis Association
Luck
Luck Out (poker) - Outdraw a good hand.
Lucky (bingo) - 7
Lucky (poker) - Possessing luck. "I'd rather be lucky than good any day
Lucky 15 (general terms)
Lucky 31 (general terms)
Lucky 63 (general terms)
Lucky Dip (lotto) - A set of randomly generated numbers by the lottery computer, for entry into the National Lottery.
Lucky Draw (poker) - Catching one or more cards that complete a hand against the odds.
Lucky Hit (poker) - Lucky draw (Catching one or more cards that complete a hand against the odds).
Lucky Jar (bingo)
Lumber (poker) - Kibitzer (A non-playing spectator; a railbird.).
Lumberman's Hand (poker) - In hold 'em, 2-4 as one's first two cards. Comes from two-by-four, a kind of board.
Luminous Readers (poker)
Lumpy (general terms) - A break-in dealer. Called this because their dealing is not smooth.
Lv (blackjack) - The acronym for Las Vegas, the city.
Lva (blackjack) - The acronym for Las Vegas Advisor, Anthony Curtis's newsletter.
Lying (poker) - Bluffing. "I think you're lying; I'm gonna call you."
Lying in the Bushes (poker)
Lying in the Weeds (poker)
