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GLOSSARY
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| rack | A plastic container in which you can transport and count large-denominational coins, slot machine tokens, and casino plastic chips. | |||||
| raise | In poker, a player raises by matching the previous bet and then betting more, to increase the stake for remaining players. | |||||
| rake | The money that the casino charges for each hand of poker. It is usually a percentage (5-10%) or flat fee that is taken from the pot after each round of betting. | |||||
| rank | The worth of a set of cards. | |||||
| red | The most common color used for $5 chips. | |||||
| red-black bet | In roulette, an outside wager on whether the next spin will be a red or a black number. This bet is played off at even money. | |||||
| reel | A wheel inside a slot machine window on which the slot machine symbols are printed. The number of reels per slot machine may very but are usually three. | |||||
| RFB | High rollers are comped with free room, food, and beverage. | |||||
| river | In poker, the final card dealt in a hand of stud or hold ‘em. In seven-card stud, staying in until the fifth and final round of betting is called going to the river. | |||||
| royal flush | In poker, an ace-high straight flush; the best possible hand. | |||||
| session | A series of plays at any gambling game. | |||||
| set | In pai gow poker, players set their seven cards into two separate hands of two and five cards each. | |||||
| seventh street | In seven-card stud, the fifth and final round of betting is called seventh street because players have seven cards. | |||||
| shoe | A plastic or wooden box that holds multiple decks of cards for dealing more than two decks of cards. | |||||
| showdown | In poker, after the last betting round, the players who remain in the pot must show their hands in the showdown to determine the winner. | |||||
| shuffle | Before each hand the dealer mixes up the order of the cards. | |||||
| shutter | A window covering a number on a reusable bingo card. The shutter can be pulled down to mark each number as it is called. | |||||
| singleton | In poker, a card that is the only one of its rank. | |||||
| sixth street | In seven-card stud, the fourth round of betting is called sixth street because players have six cards. | |||||
| soft hand | In blackjack, any hand that contains an ace counted as eleven is called a soft hand. | |||||
| spot | Any number from 1 to 80 that a player selects on a keno ticket. It also refers to the number of numbers that are marked on a ticket. | |||||
| stand | In blackjack, to stand is to refrain from taking another card. | |||||
| stiff | In blackjack, a hand that is not pat and that may bust if hit once. Stiffs include hard twelve through sixteen. | |||||
| steal | In poker, to win the pot by bluffing. | |||||
| straight | In poker, a hand consisting of five cards of consecutive ranks. | |||||
| straight flush | In poker, a hand consisting of five cards of consecutive ranks of the same suit. | |||||
| straight keno | The basic keno game, played by marking individual numbers on a keno ticket. | |||||
| surrender | In blackjack, to give up half your bet for the privilege of not playing out a hand. In roulette, you effectively lose only half on an even-money bet when the ball lands on 0. | |||||
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