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GLOSSARY
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call |
In poker, when a player matches the current bet on the table. In keno and bingo, to draw the numbers for each game. | |||||
| caller | In a bingo game, the person who is responsible for choosing the game pattern, drawing each bingo ball and reading each number clearly. In poker, someone who has called a bet. | |||||
| card counting | Keeping track of all cards that have been played since the shuffle. | |||||
| card sharp | A person who is an expert at cards. | |||||
| carousel | A group of slot machines that are positioned in a ring, enabling a change person to stand in the center. | |||||
| cashier’s cage | The place in a casino where players may redeem their casino chips for cash. | |||||
| casino advantage | The edge that the house has over the players | |||||
| casino rate | A reduced hotel-room rate that the casinos offer good customers. | |||||
| catch | In keno, to catch a number means that a number you have marked on your keno ticket has been drawn | |||||
| check | In casino gambling, a check is another term for a chip. In poker, a player can check in order to stay in the game but not bet. | |||||
| chips | Round tokens that are used on casino gaming tables in lieu of cash. | |||||
| chip tray | The tray in front of a dealer that holds that table’s inventory of chips. | |||||
| cold | A player on a losing streak, or a slot machine that isn’t paying out. | |||||
| color up | When a player leaving a game exchanges smaller denomination chips for larger denomination chips. | |||||
| combination way ticket | In keno, a ticket in which groups of numbers are bet several different ways, allowing the player to spread money over more combinations. | |||||
| comps | Complimentary gifts used by casinos to entice players to gamble. Typical comps include free room, food and beverage. | |||||
| copy | In pai gow poker, when a player and the banker have the same two-card hand, or the same five-card hand. The banker wins all copies. | |||||
| credit button | In slot machines or video machines, the button that allows players to bank coins in the form of credits. | |||||
| croupier | The French word for dealer, used in the games of baccarat and roulette. | |||||
| cut | When the dealer divides a deck into two parts and inverts them after they have been well shuffled. | |||||
| cut card | A card of different color that is used to cut a deck of cards. | |||||
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