Gambling B to C

Here is the Next batch of gambling terms to help you make understand what is going on around you in the casino, online casinos and poker rooms.

• Bet - Wager
• Betting Limits - In a table game this is the minimum and maximum amount of money that a player can wager on a bet. You can not wager less than the minimum or more than the maximum amount posted. Some casinos, in special cases, may extend the maximum limit at a table on request by the player.
• Black Book - A list of undesirable people who are forbidden from entering any casino of Nevada's casinos.
• Blind Bet - In poker, a bet posted without the player sees any of his/her cards.
• Blinds - A forced bet in Holdem Poker.
• Boxing - In horse racing, a single ticket comprised of more than one parlay.
• Break-Even Point - The break-even point is the point at which if you played forever, the bets you made would approximately equal the payoffs you would receive.
• Buck - A $100 dollar wager.
• Bug - A joker.
• Bump - To raise.
• Burn Cards - Remove cards from the top of the deck, not to be dealt, and place them in the discard tray after a shuffle and cut.
• Buy In - Converting cash into chips. The amount of cash used to purchase casino chips before entering a table game: blackjack, poker, craps, roulette, etc.
• Camouflage - Anything a skilled gambler does to conceal their activities from the casino. Camouflage can include mixing in playing and betting behavior that mimics typical gamblers, or using disguises, appearing to be drunk, or any number of other possible ploys intended to throw the casino's scrutiny off.
• Capping - Referred to capping of bets. Placing extra chips on top of initial bet after the deal has begun. It is a serious form of cheating by a player.
• Card Counting - Used in blackjack game. Recording (in memory) played cards (usually high cards) so as to establish a conditional probability advantage on the remaining cards against the dealer.
• 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 change bank-notes into coins) to stand in the center.
• Carpet Joint - US slang for a luxury gambling casino.
• Case money - Emergency money.
• Cashier's Cage - The casino cash desk for cashing in the chips.
• Casino Advantage - The edge that the House (The Casino) has over the players.
• Casino Rate - A reduced hotel-room rate (price) that the casinos offer to good customers.
• Chase - Having lost money on a bet, 'chasing' is having another bet simply to try and get back the loss.

Check back next week for more gambling terms.