Entries W - Ww
W / L (blackjack) - An abbreviation for win / loss.
Wager (keno) - The amount of money at risk on a keno ticket.
Wager (poker) - 1) Any bet. 2) To Make a bet.
Wager (general terms) - Is a transaction on any event where an amount of money is staked.
Wager (roulette) - Another term for bet.
Wagering Stamp (general terms) - A federal occupational tax for gamblers.
Wages (poker)
Wait (poker)
Wait For the Blind (poker)
Waiter (poker)
Waiting in the Weeds (poker)
Waiting in the Woods (poker)
Wake Up with a Hand (poker) - To be dealt a hand with winning potential.
Walk (poker)
Walk Over (poker) - Cheat, particularly at cards or dice.
Walker (poker)
Walkers (poker)
Walking Chips (poker)
Wangdoodle (poker)
Wangdoodles (poker)
Warm Up (bingo)
Warp (blackjack)
Was she Worth it (bingo) - 56
Wash (blackjack)
Wash (poker)
Wash Cards (poker)
Watchmacallits (poker) - The nuts (Best possible hand); usually preceded by the
Waterfall (general terms)
Wave (poker)
Waved Cards (poker)
Waving (poker)
Way (keno) - Combination of Groups, bet upon by a Player
Way Bet (keno) - Combination of Groups, bet upon by a Player.
Way Ticket (keno) - A ticket that groups different numbers to create more than one way to win.
Wba (general terms) - World Boxing Association.
Wbc (general terms) - World Boxing Council.
Wcuc (general terms) - World Cricket Umpiring Conference.
Wcw (general terms) - World Championship Wrestling.
Weak (poker)
Weak Hand (poker) - A hand with low probability of winning a given pot.
Weak Player (poker) - One who plays timidly or no aggressively, and probably loses for that reason.
Weaki Weaki (craps) - Hawaiian" for when the roll doesn't hit the backboard. Dealers advised the shooter to "throw the dice like your ex was standing at the far end of the table".
Weak-Passive (poker)
Weed (poker) - Reclaim money from a shill who is winning.
Weeds (poker)
Weinberg (poker) - In hold 'em, T-3 as one's first two cards.
Welch (general terms) - To refuse to pay off a bet already made and lost.
Well (slots) - The area at the bottom of the machine where coins that have been paid out fall to.
Wgbjb (blackjack) - An abbreviation for Humble and Cooper's book titled The World's Greatest BlackJack Book
Whack the Pack (poker)
Whale (blackjack) - This is casino-speak for a high-roller of the biggest sort.
Whale (general terms) - A high roller; big spender.
Whangdoodle (poker)
Whangdoodles (poker)
What Shot Jesse James? a Forty-Five (craps) - Betting that the next roll will be the total sum of 9 (5&4).
Wheel (lotto)
Wheel (poker)
Wheel (roulette) - Short for Roulette Wheel.
Wheel Card (poker) - In ace-to-five lowball, any ace, 2, 3, 4, or 5. Also called spoke.
Wheel Chips (roulette) - Special chips used only for roulette.
Wheel Head (roulette) - The portion of the roulette wheel that contains the numbered pockets.
Wheel Roller (roulette) - A roulette dealer or croupier.
Wheel Strategies (roulette) - Strategies that try to exploit imperfections in the wheel in order for the player to get the edge.
Wheel-Clocking (roulette)
Wheeling System (lotto)
Whinney the Poo (bingo) - 42
Whipsaw (poker)
Whirl Bet (craps)
Whiskey Poker Dictionary (poker)
Whisky Poker Dictionary (poker) - Whiskey poker.
White (poker) - White is the most common color for $1 chips.
White Blackbird (poker)
White Chip (poker)
White Meat (poker) - Profit. "Yeah, I've got $1000 here, but only $100 is white meat."
White Meat (general terms) - Profit.
White on White (poker) - A form of daub, or cosmetics, that uses white paint, and can be seen only at a certain angle.
Whiteskin (poker) - A 10 or less, that is, any card not a face card.
Whore (poker) - Queen (the card). This usage is considered vulgar.
Whorehouse Cut (poker)
Wicbc (general terms) - West Indies Cricket of Control.
Wide Open (poker) - On tilt (Playing aggressively). "He just had a pat 7 beat and now he's wide open."
Widow (poker)
Widow Cards (poker)
Widow Game (poker)
Widow Poker Dictionary (poker)
Wild Annie (poker)
Wild Card (poker)
Wild Number (bingo)
Wild or Wild Card (videopoker) - A card that may be used to substitute for any other card in the deck.
Wild Symbol (slots)
Wild Widow (poker)
Wildcard Games (poker)
Win (keno) - Catching enough numbers to collect more than the amount wagered.
Win and Place (general terms)
Win Bet (general terms) - In this bet, the punter bets that his or her selection will come in first place.
Win Only (general terms) - Betting on a competitor to win an event. Also straight out, or money line betting.
Win Rate (blackjack)
Window (poker)
Window (slots)
Window Card (poker)
Window Dressing (poker)
Wing (poker) - Have a winning streak.
Winner (poker)
Winner Blind (poker)
Winner Kill (poker)
Winner Leave it (poker)
Winner on the Dark Side (craps) - Betting that the next roll will be the number of 3.
Winning Hand (poker) - The best hand at the showdown; the hand that takes the pot.
Winning Hand (videopoker)
Winning Margin (general terms) - A wager that involves predicting the winning margin of one team over another.
Winning Numbers (keno) - The 20 numbers drawn in the keno game.
Winning Streak (poker)
Winning Tickets (poker) - Cards that win a pot.
Winnings (keno)
Wire Cage (keno) - A cage used to mix keno balls. Older type game.
Wire Joint (poker) - A crooked card-room or gambling establishment. Also called juice joint.
Wired (poker)
Wired Pair (poker) - 1) A pair in the hole. 2) In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
Wise Guy (general terms) - A well-informed or knowledgeable handicapper or bettor.
Withholding (lotto)
Wnba (general terms) - Women's National Basketball Association.
Wong / Wonging (blackjack)
Wood (poker) - A non-playing spectator; a railbird.
Wood (general terms) - Laying points.
Wooden Bottoms (poker) - Cards dealt from the bottom of the deck in amateurish, easy-to-detect fashion.
Wooden Hand (poker)
Woods (poker)
Woolly Bear (poker) - The nuts (Best possible hand); usually preceded by a.
Woolworth (poker)
Woppitzer (poker)
Work (poker) - Cards altered for cheating purposes; marked cards.
Work the Broads (poker) - Cheat at cards, particularly three-card monte.
Working (craps) - A casino term meaning that the bets are at risk on the next roll of the dice.
Working (general terms) - A dice term meaning that the bets are in play.
Working Bets (craps)
Working the Telegraph (poker)
World Bet (craps)
World Bet (general terms) - A one-roll dice bet on the horn including the seven.
World Series (general terms)
World Series of Poker Dictionary (poker)
World's Fair (poker) - A big hand.
Worst Likely Hand (poker) - The worst holding you might put another player on.
Worst of it (poker)
Wrap Up (bingo) - Name of the last game of a "session."
Wraparound (poker)
Wring in (poker)
Writer (keno)
Wrong Bettor (craps) - A player who bets that the dice will not pass.
Wrong Bettor (general terms) - A dice player who bets on the Don’t Pass Line.
Wsc (general terms) - World Series Cricket.
Wsf (general terms) - World Squash Federation.
Wsop (poker) - World Series of Poker.
Wsp (poker) - World Series of Poker.
Wurlitzer (poker)
Wwf (general terms) - World Wrestling Federation.
Www (blackjack) - The acronym for Bally's Wild Wild West casino in Atlantic City, NJ.
