| Sabot |
A dealing shoe at table games. |
| Salle Privee |
A private room in European Casinos for high stake games. |
| Sand Work |
Cheating technique. The back of the cards are marked with fine sandpaper. |
| Sawbuck |
A ten dollar. |
| Sawdust-Joint |
A casino for the low rollers. |
| Scam |
Cheating technique against the opponent. |
| Scared Money |
The gambling in which the rent and food money etc is risked. |
| Score |
Money |
| SDS System |
Slot players tracking system used in casinos. |
| Seat of the Pants |
The act of making decision based on instinct. |
| Second Base |
A blackjack term for the player who is sitting near to the center of the table. |
| Seconds |
Cheating technique where the dealer does not deal the top card. |
| Security |
The department that keeps a watch over the casino crimes and protects the casino from it. |
| Security Monitor |
The casino televisions that keep close watch of the activities in the casino. |
| Sensor |
A device used to report any change in the environment. |
| Sent it in |
The gambling against the house for a huge amount of money. |
| Sequence |
Order of rank of playing cards. |
| Sequence Bets |
A Craps wager that requires multiple rolls to win. |
| Session |
Gambling period of time. |
| Set |
A term in Pai Gow Poker which refers to the act of organizing the cards. |
| Seven-Out |
The act of a shooter rolling a seven when trying to roll a point, in the game of Craps. |
| Seventh Street |
The final round of betting in the game of Seven Card Stud. |
| Shade |
A distraction or a cover for an act of scam. |
| Shape |
Cheating technique where the cheat cuts the die. |
| Shark |
A Craps term for a skilled shooter. |
| Sharp |
A confident player. |
| Sharper |
A sharp player who takes advantage of the new players. |
| Shaved |
Casino term for an altered dice. |
| Shield |
The glass sheet that surrounds the Roulette wheel and prevents the balls from flying off. |
| Shift Boss |
The person responsible to the entire casino only for a certain shift period. |
| Shill |
Used to refer to a special kind of casino employee. The person poses to be a player and tries to bring patrons to an empty table. |
| Shiner |
A cheating device used by a cheat which allows the player to see the cards they are dealt as the device reflects the card. |
| Shoe |
A box that holds multiple decks of cards. |
| Shot |
An illegal move by a player. |
| Shoot |
A Craps round in which the shooter finished a round without making a point. |
| Shooter |
A Craps term for a player who throws the dice. |
| Shooting from the Hip |
A spontaneous decision. |
| Shortcake |
A short change. |
| Short Horn |
A space for placing the wager in the game of Craps. |
| Short Shoe |
A Blackjack situation where many cards have been removed from the shoe. This alters the percentage against the players. |
| Showdown |
Poker term for the end of a round in which all players expose their cards. |
| Shuffle |
A card game term for the act of randomizing a deck or decks of cards before the game begins. |
| Shuffle Tracking |
The act of a player attempting to trace certain cards as they are being shuffled. |
| Shy |
Casino term which is used for a situation of owing money to someone or for being short of cash. |
| Shylock |
A person who lends loan money to a player who has gone broke. |
| Sic-Bo |
An oriental casino table game. |
| Side Bet |
A special Craps wager. The bet is placed on the outcome of a certain dice throw. |
| Side Game |
Lightly played casino games that of less importance. |
| Silver |
Silver dollar or a one dollar gaming token. |
| Silver Tongue |
Refers to a persuasive talker |
| Single-Deck |
It’s a Blackjack variation in which a single deck of cards is used and the deck is hand-held by the dealer. |
| Single-O |
- Another term for a conman who is working alone.
- Roulette term for a single zero spot on the Roulette wheel.
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| Singles |
One dollar chip. |
| Singleton |
Refer to an unsuited card in a Poker hand, a card that does not belong to the winning combination. |
| Six-Ace Flats |
Casino term for a corrupted dice. |
| Sixaine |
Roulette term for a six number wager. A wager placed on three numbers on two horizontal rows each. |
| Sixty Days |
Craps term for the six point. |
| Sixe-Into |
A method of payoff of the wager by the dealer. |
| Skinner |
Refer to a cheat. |
| Skinny Dugan |
Craps term for a loser seven. |
| Sky |
A casino security term for the area where the game play is watched upon using mirrors and video equipments. |
| Slambang |
A heavy and quick action. |
| Sleeper |
A casino term for an unclaimed wager or a wager forgotten wager by a player. |
| Slick Cup |
Cheating device that increases the effectiveness of a loaded dice. |
| Slick Dice |
An altered dice. |
| Slickers |
Refers to a professional gambler. |
| Slide Shot |
A technique used by dice mechanics to control the dice. |
| Slot Club |
A system that keeps track of the wagers placed by each player at the slot games for the purpose of giving away rewards or comp points. |
| Slot Drop |
The box inside the slot machine that collects the coins placed by the gamblers. |
