Entries M - My
Ma (blackjack)
Machine Man (poker) - A thief who uses a mechanical device for his cheating (for example, a holdout machine).
Made Hand (poker) - Complete hand.
Made in Heaven (bingo) - 67
Maiden (general terms) - Horse which has not won a race
Mail (poker)
Main Game (poker)
Main Pot (poker) - When there is a side pot, that part of the pot all of the players have action in.
Main Stage Bingo (bingo)
Major Hand (poker) - In high poker, (generally) a straight or better.
Major League Game (poker) - 1) A high-stakes game. 2) The largest game in a card room.
Major Prize (keno) - Winnings exceeding an amount parameter and subject to abatement.
Make (poker)
Make a Move (poker) - To try a bluff.
Make a Move on the Pot (poker)
Make a Pass (poker)
Make a Play (poker)
Make a Score (poker) - Win big.
Make Good (poker)
Make Perfect (poker)
Make the Blind Good (poker)
Make the Deck (poker) - After the play of a hand, gather the cards and shuffle them for the deal of the next hand
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Make the Pack (poker) - After the play of a hand, gather the cards and shuffle them for the deal of the next hand.
Make them Wait (bingo) - 58
Make Up (poker) - After the play of a hand, gather the cards and shuffle them for the deal of the next hand.
Make Up the Blind (poker)
Make Up the Blinds (poker)
Make Up the Pack (poker) - After the play of a hand, gather the cards and shuffle them for the deal of the next hand.
Making the Pass (poker)
Mambo Stud (poker)
Man Alive (bingo) - 5
Man with the Axe (poker) - King of diamonds.
Man with the Star (poker) - Joker.
Manage (poker) - 1) Practice money management. 2) Run a card room. 3) Own a card room.
Management (poker) - 1) The owners of a card room. 2) Those running or managing a card room.
Manager (poker)
Managing (poker) - Successfully applying the principles of money management.
Maniac (poker) - A very aggressive player who plays hands that more conservative players would probably not consider.
Manque (roulette) - French term for Low Bet.
Man-to-Man Betting (general terms) - Gambling without either party taking a commission for the bet made.
Mare (general terms) - Female horse five years and over
Margin (general terms) - The amount a competitor in an event finishes in front of another competitor.
Margin Call (general terms)
Mark (keno) - A mark made on a keno ticket number, either my hand or by the keno computer.
Mark (poker)
Mark (roulette) - An individual who has been or is going to be cheated. A sucker.
Marked Cards (poker) - Cards that have been altered so that their value can be read from the back.
Marked Deck (poker) - A deck with marked cards. Also called cheaters.
Marker (blackjack) - An IOU to the casino signed by a player who has casino credit.
Marker (poker)
Marker (general terms) - An IOU.
Marker (roulette) - The check that a player fills out before receiving casino credit at the table. A promissory note of IOU.
Markers (poker) - Scratches, bends, paint, etc., on cards; often plural.
Market (general terms) - The list of all horses engaged in a race and their respective odds.
Marriage (poker) - In hold 'em, suited K-Q as the down cards. Comes from the game of pinochle.
Martingale (blackjack)
Martingale Betting System (roulette)
Master Card (poker) - The highest card in play in a particular suit.
Master Ticket (keno)
Matador (general terms) - A cover that occurs in the waning moments of a game (also referred to as a back door cover)
Match Bet (general terms)
Match Lights (poker)
Match One's Lights (poker)
Match Play (roulette)
Match the Pot (poker)
Matchbook Shiner (poker)
Matching Card (poker)
Mate (poker)
Maverick (poker) - In hold' em, Q-J as one's first two cards.
Max Bet (slots)
Maximum Average Payback (videopoker)
Maximum Credits (videopoker)
Mcc (general terms) - Marylebone Cricket Club.
Md (blackjack) - 1. The acronym for Michael Dalton, author and publisher. 2. The acronym for Multiple Deck.
Mdbj (blackjack) - The acronym for Ken Uston's book entitled Million Dollar Black Jack.
Mechanic (blackjack)
Mechanic (poker)
Mechanic (slots) - The house employee who sets the machines for their payoffs. This person also repairs broken machines.
Mechanic's Grip (poker)
Meet (poker) - To call.
Mexican Standoff (poker) - A tied pot; a hand in which two (or more) players have equivalent hands and split the pot.
Mexican Stud (poker)
Mgm (blackjack) - An abbreviation for MGM Grand, a casino.
Micc (general terms) - Member of International Cricket Council.
Michigan Bankroll (poker)
Michigan Roll (poker)
Middle (poker)
Middle (general terms)
Middle Blind (poker)
Middle Dealer (poker)
Middle Man (poker)
Middle Pair (poker) - In flop games, a middle pair is made by pairing with the middle card on the flop.
Middle Position (poker) - A position on a round of betting somewhere in the middle.
Middle Straight (poker) - Inside straight (Four cards requiring one in the middle to fill a straight.).
Middles (poker) - Cards dealt from the middle of the deck (by a middle dealer)
Middle's (general terms)
Middles (general terms)
Middles Dealer (poker)
Middling (general terms)
Midnight (craps) - [1] 12. [2] Betting on the number 12 to appear on the next roll.
Midnight Shift (poker)
Mighty Wurlitzer (poker)
Mike (poker) - Blind stud.
Miles (poker)
Miles of Bad Road (poker)
Milk (poker)
Milk the Deck (poker)
Milk Up (poker)
Milk Up the Deck (poker)
Milker (poker)
Mills Slots (slots) - The first machines used nationwide and the first to have a jackpot as well as the standard fruit symbols.
Mini Baccarat (baccarat)
Minimum Buy-in (bingo) - The least amount you must spend to be eligible for prizes.
Minnie (poker)
Minnow (poker)
Minor Hand (poker) - In high poker, (generally) three aces or worse.
Minor League Game (poker) - 1) A low-stakes game. 2) The smallest game in a card room.
Mint (Mt) (lotto) - An unscratched ticket, that has none of the latex removed.
Minus Pool (general terms)
Miptc (general terms) - Men's International Professional Tennis Council.
Miscall (poker) - Verbally declare your hand as being other than it is, usually better.
Misdeal (poker) - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
Misère (poker) - Another name for lowball, primarily in England
Misère Pots (poker) - Another name for lowball, primarily in England.
Miss (craps)
Miss (poker) - To be unable to make your drawing hand when the final cards are dealt.
Miss Out (craps)
Miss the Blind (poker)
Miss the Flop (poker) - In hold 'em, the situation in which the flop bears little relation to a player's down cards.
Mississippi Stud (poker)
Mistc (general terms) - Men's International Squash Tournament Council.
Mistigri (poker)
Mistigris (poker)
Mites and Lice (poker) - A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
Mits and Mice (poker) - Nits and lice (In high poker, two small pair, usually 3s and 2s.)
Mitt (poker) - A poker hand, that is, a fistful of cards.
Mitt Joint (poker) - A crooked gambling establishment that relies on marked cards.
Mixers (bingo)
Mlb (general terms) - Major Baseball League (divided into two leagues: the National and the American)
Modified Limit (poker)
Molly Hogan (poker) - The queen of spades.
Monarch (poker) - A king (the card).
Money at Risk (roulette) - Money that has been wagered and can be lost.
Money Ball (bingo) - A number drawn before the game that will double a player's winnings if bingo is hit on that number.
Money Line (general terms)
Money Line Bet (general terms)
Money Lists (general terms) - In Golf, the list of the amount of official money won by each golfer on their respective tours.
Money Lline (general terms)
Money Management (blackjack)
Money Management (poker)
Money Management (roulette) - The methods a player uses to save his bankroll from ruin.
Money Management (slots)
Money Odds (poker)
Money Player (poker) - Any gambler, particularly a high roller.
Money Plays (blackjack)
Money Plays (poker)
Money Plays (roulette) - The call that alerts the dealer and the pit that you are betting cash and not chips.
Moneyline (general terms)
Mongrel (poker) - In hold 'em, K-9 as one's first two cards.
Monkey (blackjack)
Monkey (poker) - A sucker, particularly one who is the victim of cheating.
Monkey (general terms) - Chinese term used in casinos for a card valued at ten.
Monkey Flush (poker) - Three cards of the same suit, not in sequence.
Monster (poker) - A hand that is almost certain to win.
Montana Banana (poker)
Monte (poker) - Three-card monte (Any card game played with three cards, particularly poker.).
Moon (poker)
Moon Hand (poker) - In a high-low split declare game, a hand that declares for and wins both ways.
Moonlight Bingo (bingo) - Session" of bingo that starts late at night, usually about 10:00 pm. Also Late Night Bingo.
Mop Squeezer (poker) - Queen.
More Than Eleven (bingo) - 37
Mortal Cinch (poker) - 1) The nuts (The best possible hand of a given class.); usually preceded by a. 2) Lock (A hand that cannot lose; a cinch hand.).
Mortal Lock (poker) - The nuts (The best possible hand of a given class.); usually preceded by a.
Mortal Nuts (poker) - The nuts (The best possible hand of a given class.); usually preceded by the.
Mortals (poker) - The nuts (The best possible hand of a given class.); usually preceded by the. Also called immortals.
Moss, Johnny (poker) - Johnny Moss (In hold ' em, A-T as one's first two cards.)
Motion (poker)
Motown (poker) - In hold 'em, J-5 as one's first two cards. From the Motown singing group the Jackson Five
Mouth Bet (poker)
Move (poker)
Move All in (poker)
Move in (poker)
Move on the Pot (poker)
Move the Line (general terms)
Mover (poker) - A card thief, that is, someone who moves.
Moves (poker) - Fancy plays, often accompanied by theatrics; sometimes just the theatrics. "He's got a lot of moves."
Moving the Line (general terms)
Mss (blackjack) - The acronym for Main Street Station, a casino.
Muck (blackjack)
Muck (poker)
Mucker (poker)
Mucker (roulette) - Anyone who uses slSeven-of-hand techniques to cheat - usually done for Past Posting.
Multi Draw Ticket (lotto) - A ticket that is valid for more than one drawing.
Multi Game Keno Ticket (keno) - A ticket played for multiple keno games.
Multicast (general terms) - A speciality wager combining Straight Forecasts in Doubles, Trebles, etc.
Multi-Line (slots)
Multiple Deck (blackjack)
Multiple Winners (bingo)
Multiples (general terms)
Multiplied Odds (general terms)
Multiplier Slots (slots)
Multi-Way (poker) - Involving more than two players.
Multi-Way Pot (poker) - A pot with more than two players.
Murder (poker)
Mush (general terms) - A bettor who is bad luck
Mushroom (bingo)
Mustache (poker) - A term of opprobrium peculiar to card rooms. "Ya mustache" means "You no-good person, you"
Must-Move Game (poker) - Forced-move game.
Mutuel (general terms) - Price paid on a winning pari-mutuel wager.
Mvp (general terms)
Mystery Intervals (bingo)
