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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 colour 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.
- RIGHT BETTOR
- A person betting on the Pass Line
- 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.
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- 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.
- SEVEN-OUT
- Rolling a seven after the point has been established.
- SEVENTH STREET
- In seven-card stud, the fifth and final round of betting is called seventh street because players have seven cards.
- SHILL
- A person employed by the casino as a game starter.
- SHOE
- Name given to the box in which the dealer places the freshly shuffled cards. Each hand is then dealt from the shoe.
- SHOOTER
- The person rolling the dice.
- 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.
- STEAL
- In poker, to win the pot by bluffing.
- STICKMAN
- The dice dealer who calls the numbers rolled and controls the stick.
- STIFF
- In blackjack, a hand that is not pat and that may bust if hit once. Stiffs include hard twelve through sixteen.
- 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.
- STUD POKER
- Poker game with no draw.
- 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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