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
