Casino Terms (cont.)

R
Rack A plastic container in which you can transport and count large-denominational coins, slot machine tokens, and casino plastic chips.
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
 In poker, the worth of a set of cards.
Rated
 Determination by the casino that a player's skill level is above average or on a professional level. A player's rating may be stored on computer and referred to the pit.
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
 Comped with free Room, Food, and Beverages.
Riffling
A commonly used shuffling process. To accomplish a riffle, the deck is divided roughly in half and the two halves are interleaved by pulling the card corners up with the thumbs and letting the two halves 'riffle' together.
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.
RNG
 (Random Number Generator) A computer generated randomness that randomly assigns the outcome of a result such as a roulette spin, a keno game or a cards shuffle.
Round of Play
 A round or hand of play can consist of a single wager or several wagers made during the time of a short wagering event.
Royal Flush
 An Ace-high straight flush (Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten, all of the same suit); the best possible poker hand.
S
Sawbuck Ten dollars.
Scared Money
Money that you cannot afford to lose.
Session
 A period of play or a table sitting 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.
Shark
 A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game. See also "Fish".
Sharp
 Astute bettor.
Shill
 A person who actively plays in the game for the house, club, or casino. Usually seen at a Baccarat table to fill empty seats, until more real players join in.
Shiner
 A tiny mirror or any reflecting device used by a cheater to see unexposed cards. A reflecting device used to try and glimpse the dealer's hole card.
Shoe
Device, usually a wooden box, used for holding and dispensing playing cards to be dealt. Shoe games are typically composed of six or eight decks of cards.
Short Run
 A short series of wagers or game events.
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 Tracking
 A high level blackjack playing strategy used by card counters.
Shuffle Up
 Premature shuffling of playing cards by the dealer.
Shuffling Is a generic term which encompasses all card mixing techniques used to prepare a deck or a shoe for continued play.
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.
Silver Mining
 Also called Slot Walking. The practice of looking for coins left in unattended slot machines.
Single
 A Straight bet on one selection, also known as a straight-up bet.
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.
Skin
 A dollar.
Skin Game
 In poker, a game having two or more collusion cheaters.
Skinning the Hand
 In poker, a cheater's technique to get rid of extra cards.
Skoon
 A dollar.
Slot Walking
 Also called Silver Mining. The practice of looking for coins left in unattended slot machines.
Snake Eyes
 When you roll a two in craps, it is called 'Snake Eyes' - eyes because they look like eyes, snake because they are bad news (for the shooter).
Soft Count
 (To do with gaming machines). The count of the contents in a drop box, bill validator or video game receipt collection.
Soft Count Room
 A room where the soft count is carried out.
Soft Hand
 In blackjack, any hand that contains an ace counted as eleven is called a soft hand.
Spinner
 A winning streak.
Spooking
 Used in blackjack game. The act of standing behind the dealer to peak at the hole card and then secretly convey the information to a partner player sitting at the table. An illegal form of cheating.
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.
Stack
 A stack of chips, usually 20 chips in a column commonly used in Roulette.
Standing Hand
 In blackjack, meaning a hand which hard-totals to 17 or more, which is very likely to bust if one more card is called and therefore the player is expected to stand.
Stiff (A Stiff Hand)
 In blackjack, a hand that is not pat and that may bust if hit once. Stiffs include hard twelve through sixteen.
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.
Suit
 Any one of the four types of cards: clubs, diamonds, hearts or spades.
Sulky
 (The Sulky) The modern harness racing vehicle (a driving rig) developed from a single-seat. Earlier racing had used carts. In its final form the sulky is little more than a U-shaped shaft mounted on two wheels with a seat at the end of the U.
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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