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| Action | The amount of money gambled (put into the pot) by a player
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| Active Player | A player still in the pot, one who is still in play
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| Aggregate Limit | Total payout liability of the casino during any one game
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| Aggregate Winnings | Total winnings
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| Alpo | Underdog, the player considered the least likely to win
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| Ante | A bet required to begin a hand in card games
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| Baccarat | Punto Banco, table game using 6 or 8 decks of cards
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| Banker | The dealer In card games
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| Bankroll | Total gambling balance available for the player
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| Bet Spread | Ratio between the maximum and minimum bet size
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| Betting Limits | Minimum and maximum money a player can place on one bet
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| Bingo | Fill in 5 x 5 grid cards with BINGO drawn at random to win
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| Blind Bet | A bet posted without the player sees any of their cards
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| Bonus | Money you receive free for signing up to an online casino
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| Break-Even Point | When the players bets about equal the payoffs received
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| Buy in, Buy-in | Converting cash into chips
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| Card counting | Remembering the played cards to calculate the probability
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| Card sharp | An expert at cards
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| Casino advantage | The edge that the House (casino) has over the players
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| Chase | After lost a bet, make another bet & hope to make it back
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| Chemin De Fer | Similar to Baccarat but requires skill
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| Chips | Tokens used for casino gaming tables in place of cash
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| Coat-tail | Bet the same numbers as a player who is currently winning
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| Cold | Player on a losing streak
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| Comps | Free gifts given by casinos to attract players to gamble
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| Craps | Casino dice table-game
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| Credit | Bets expressed in credits,1 credit equals to 1 unit
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| Deal | To give out cards to players during a card game
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| Deposit | Payment to play games for real cash
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| Dice | Two identical numbered cubes (die)
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| Die | Singular for dice, a cube numbered 1 to 6 on each side
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| Double Or Nothing | An even-money bet, wager that pays the exact amount bet
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| Down Card | A face down card.
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| Down to the Felt | Broke, totally out of money.
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| Edge | Advantage over an opponent, or the house (casino) in a bet
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| Encryption | Security online casinos use for secure online transactions
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| Even Money Bet | 1:1 odds pay back the same amount bet including original bet
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| Expected Win Rate | %age of total money bet a player is expected to win or lose
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| Face Cards | The Jack, Queen, and King of any suit of cards
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| Firing | Betting a lot, or betting large sums
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| Fish | A player who loses money
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| Flat Bet | Bet the same amount is bet on each wager
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| Flea | An annoying player who wants something for nothing
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| Going Down | Losing a bet, or series of bets
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| Grinder | A player who bets small money
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| Gross Winnings | The total payout (including your stake)
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| Hand | Player's cards, events in a card game between shuffles
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| Hedge | Bet the opposite of your original wager to reduce exposure
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| Hold'em | A type of poker games
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| Holding Your Own | Breaking even, neither winning nor losing
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| Hot | Player on a winning streak, or a machine that's paying out
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| House Edge | Casino advantage by paying less than odds 2 generate income
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| Joker | The 53rd card in a card deck, used as a wild card
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| Laying the Odds | High odds in favor of likely winner, winnings paid less than total bet
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| Layout | Markings on gaming table tell you where to place bets
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| Lobby | In online casino where you can pick a game, read news
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| Lock | An easy winner, a clear no-lose situation
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| Long Run | Cumulative effect on wins/losses after many rounds of play
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| Longshot | An underdog with almost no chance of winning
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| Loose | Generous payoff giving the house only a small advantage
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| Match Play | Competitions in tournaments play games to accumulate points
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| Maximum Bet | The highest bet you are allowed to make
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| Mini-Baccarat | Baccarat played on a smaller table with fewer players
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| Money Put In Action | Total money of bets placed, not actual amount of bankroll
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| Multi-Player Casino | Online casinos that allow you play against other players
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| Negative Expectation | Long-run loss, expect on average after a extensive play
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| Net Winnings | Total payout minus your stake
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| Non-negotiable Chips | Promotional casino chips that cannot be cashed in
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| Non-value Chip | Cash value determined by the amount of the buy-in
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| Number pool | Select from a number range the numbers you want to bet on
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| Nut | A fixed amount that a gambler decides to win in a day
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| Odds | The chances of a player winning, usually in percentages
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| On tilt | Player's bad reaction to a bad hand resulting in wild play
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| Overlay | A good bet where the player has an edge over the casino
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| Paint | A face card, Jack, Queen or King. Picture card
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| Pair | Any two cards with the same rank
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| Payoff | The payback, the winning return on a bet
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| Payoff Odds | How much a winning bet will pay off for each bet
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| Payout | The amount of money paid out as winnings to the player
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| Payout Percentage | The percentage of each dollar played won back by the player
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| Payout Table | Lists what each winning hand pays foe each amount bet
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| Pigeon | An uneducated, naive, or unsophisticated gambler
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| Player | A bettor or gambler
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| Point Count | Net value of card count at end of hand (in card counting)
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| Point Total | The total card value in a hand
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| Poker | Card game with betting in rounds and the ranking of hands
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| Press (Press a Bet) | Adding the winnings over the current bet to 'let it ride'
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| Probability | Calculation of the likelihood that of winning or losing monies gambled
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| Progression Betting | Betting system 4 games where bet-size is changed by formula
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| Punto Banco | Another name for Baccarat; Punto is Player & Banco is Bank
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| Push | A tie hand between dealer & player, where nobody wins
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| Rack | Container to carry and count coins, tokens, & chips
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| Rank | The value of a hand or set of cards
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| Rated | Verdict a player's skill level above average/professional
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| RFB | Free room, food, & beverage for casino VIPs or high rollers
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| Rich Deck | Part of a deck with a lot of face cards and aces
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| RNG (Random Number Generator) | Computer generated chance that arbitrarily assigns outcome
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| Round of Play | Hand of play consists of at least 1 bet made during the game
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| Running Count | Remembering value of all the cards exposed since shuffling
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| Scared Money | Money a player cannot afford to lose
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| Score | To win a large amount of money gambling
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| Session | A period of play or a table sitting at any gambling game
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| Shark | Good/shrewd player often posing as a fish early in the game
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| Sharker (Sharper, Cardsharp) | A cheater
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| Shill | Person in a game filling empty seats until more players join
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| Short Run | A short series of bets or casino game events
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| Shortstop | Players who make small bets
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| Shuffle Tracking | A high level blackjack playing strategy used by card counters
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| Shuffle Up | Shuffling by dealer before a game to harass a card counter
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| Shuffling (Card Shuffling) | Card mixing to prepare a deck or a shoe for continued play
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| Side Bet (Side Wager) | A bet on a specific team or player to win an event
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| Silver Mining (Slot Walking) | Looking for coins left in unattended slot machines
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| Single | A bet on one selection, also known as a straight-up bet
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| Spread Limit | Players bet any amount within fixed range for each round
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| Square | Unsophisticated player
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| Standoff | A game tie between one or more players, or with the house
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| Streak Betting Progressive Betting) | Raising or lowering a bet based on previous rounds
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| Stripping (Card Stripping) | Shuffling to reverse the sequential order of the deck
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| Stud Poker | Basic poker game with up cards and at least down card
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| Sucker Bet | A bet that overwhelmingly favors the casino
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| System | Player wants advantage, helps decide when to raise/lower
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| Table Hold | Money casino wins from players at game during 1 work shift
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| Taking the Odds | Betting a lower amount than player will collect if they win
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| Tapping Out | Losing entire gambling bankroll & having to stop playing
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| Tell | Clue player accidentally gives about their hand/next action
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| Tell Play | Observing dealer body language to determine their hole card
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| Three-Card Monte | A three-card game similar to Bragg
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| Time | Player request to pause game while they decide what to do
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| Time Cut (Also, Axe or Collection) | Money casino charges player on a time basis
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| Toke | A cash/chip tip given to the dealer from the players
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| Tournament | Competitive game series, top winners awarded prize money
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| Trip | Three cards of the same rank
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| True Odds | Real odds of a win, lose, bet, including the casino's edge
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| Underlay | A bad or unfavorable bet
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| Unit (Betting Units) | Smallest amount of money used for betting, one betting unit
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| Variance | The amount winnings and losses fluctuate over time
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| Vig (Vigorish) | The casino edge, fee or commission taken by the house
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| VIP | A Very Important Person, big gambler or a high roller
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| VLT | Video Lottery Terminal
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| Washing (Card Washing) | Shuffle cards face down, mix in a face-washing-like action
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| Web Wallet | Software for managing your online casino transactions
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| Whale | Player betting amounts in the thousands dollars per round
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| Wild card | Joker or other card that can be used to complete your hand
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| Wise Guy | A well-informed and successful player
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| Withdrawal | A request you make to take money from your casino account
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| Wong (Wonging, Wonger) | Card counting to improve a player's edge to place good bets
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