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Gambling Dictionary - C

C&E	A Craps term. Refer to a wager made that covers any craps and eleven.
Cage	Location in casino to exchange casino chips for real money.
Calculators	People in the calculations room like the mathematicians or odds men.
Call	Poker term- The term for matching of a previously made wager.
Call Bet	Wager made by verbal cues only.
Call Man	The casino employee who runs the Baccarat game.
Caller	A person in a Bingo or Keno game who runs the game. He calls out or posts the numbers. He chooses the game pattern also.
Camouflage	Activities of a skilled gambler done to conceal it from the casino.
Cane	Curved stick used by the stickman.
Capital	Money available to a casino or gambler.
Capping bets	Pay off by the dealer by placing the wager directly on the original wager. Also refers to a cheating method where extra chips are placed on top of the initial bet after the game has begun.
Card	Basic device used in number of games. It is usually used as a stack of 52 cards or as 53 cards including the joker in some games.
Card Counting	Used in Blackjack game. The player observes and keeps tack of the cards being played on the Blackjack table and assigns a numerical number to low, middle and high cards and keeps a running count figure on the type of cards left in the deck or in the shoe. Card counting is not illegal but it is unwelcome in most casinos.
Card Counting	Used in Blackjack game. The player observes and keeps tack of the cards being played on the Blackjack table and assigns a numerical number to low, middle and high cards and keeps a running count figure on the type of cards left in the deck or in the shoe. Card counting is not illegal but it is unwelcome in most casinos.
Card Mechanic	Person skilled at manipulating the cards.
Card Sharp	Player expert in card gaming. Also used for someone who is skillful at cheating in card games.
Caribbean Stud Poker	Five card poker game played against the house.
Carousel	Group of slot machines arranged in a ring or circle.
Carpet Joint	Casino for the high rollers.
Carre	Roulette term. It is a wager on four numbers and forms a square on the table.
Carte Blanche	Player with unlimited bank roll. Used to refer to a hand with no face cards.
Cartwheel	A term for a silver dollar.
Case Bet	A wager that includes all the money chips a player has.
Case Money	Emergency money
Case stuff	Used to refer to not well known method of cheating.
Cash Bank	Used to refer to the cash given to the banker at the start of the game to handle the transactions.
Cash Out	Process of exchanging chips for money.
Cashier	The employee responsible for handling transactions.
Cashiers cage	Location where players exchange money for chips, chips for money, payoff and other casino financial transactions.
Casing	Action of a casino cheat player preparing for their illegal activity by observing their surrounding.
Casino	Legally licensed gambling centre. A casino may have attached facilities like restaurants, bars, shops, live theatre and hotel rooms.
Casino administrator	Person responsible for policies and procedures of casino.
Casino advantage	The edge that the house has over the player. Called House edge or house advantage.
Casino Manager	Top person in a casino.
Casino oriented	Used to refer a player who favors one casino to others and plays at that casino for a preferably long period of time.
Casino players club	System developed to track a player’s wager. This is for the purpose of providing rewards or comps as compensation of the players gaming.
Casino rate	Reduced hotel room rate for good customers offered by casinos.
Casino supervisor	Casino employee who oversees the casino games.
Catch	Refer to the action of selecting a winning Keno number. To catch a number means to mark a number on the keno ticket as drawn.
Catches	Used to refer to the numbers that appear on the casino board. The numbers picked by the player.
Caught Up	Term used for the situation when a player who owes money cannot pay it back. The credit of the player’s account tit locked.
Center Dealing	It is a cheating technique. The cards are dealt from the middle of the deck.
Center Field	Refers to the centre box directly across the dealer in Blackjack. Refers to the field bet nine in the game of craps.
Century	One hundred dollars.
Chance	Probability
Change color	Swapping of one color denomination of casino chips for another. Casino chips of different color have different denomination.
Check	It is a Poker term. In case there is no current bet, then the player can pass. This is called a check.
Chemin de fer	A type of Baccarat game common in Nevada. In this Baccarat variation, the players compete against each other.
Chicken Feed	It refers to tiny amount of money.
Chill	To lose interest.
Chip	Token used instead of cash in a casino. Different chips have different color and different denomination. They have different betting denominations. They are sometimes face value like in table games or symbolism as in poker games.
Chip tray	The tray in front of the dealer that holds the chips and is used to pay off the winning wagers.
Chippy	Term for inexpert player.
Chips	Used same as the word chip. Used to refer to a gambler with a large amount of money.
Chuck a Luck	It’s a dice game. Also called Grand Hazard or Hazard.
Chunk	Used to refer to a player who regularly makes large bets or a single too large bet.
Circled Game	Refers a situation where the sports book reduces the normal betting limit on a game.
Clapper	It’s a part of the big six wheel. Its made of leather and makes a noise when it rides on top of the pegs as the wheel is spun. When the wheel stops spinning, the clapper indicates the winning number.
Clean	Refers to the action of taking all of a player’s money.
Clean Move	Used to refer to a well accomplished cheating action.
Clear	Not being found guilty of cheating. To be free of debt.
Clerk	Dealer
Clip	To cheat
Clocking	Used to refer to a tracking action.
Closed cards	Used to refer to cards dealt face down.
C-Note	Used to refer to a hundred dollar bill.
Cognette	A slot reserved for bank winnings or cut of winnings in a Baccarat game table.
Cold	Refers to a tale or game that does not produce a win and is also used to refer to a person unable to produce a win.
Cold Deck	A deck or shoe unfavorable to the player.
Cold Dice	A dice that doe not make the player’s point.
Cold Player	Used to refer to a player who is on a run of bad luck or is on a loosing streak.
Color for color	Used by the dealer when he pays off the winning wager by matching the colors of the winning wager.
Color Up	Trading of chips of lower denomination for chips of higher denomination.
Combination	Association of gamblers
Combination Bet	Roulette term for the act of betting on more than one number using a single chip.
Combination Ticket	Keno ticket for more than one wager.Come Bet
Come Bet	Wager used in craps. Same as pass line wager.
Come Line	The line on which the Come Bets are made in a Craps game.
Come Out Roll	The first dice roll in the game of Craps.
Come Up	A number or chance that wins.
Commission	Fee charged by casinos on some games.
Complete Hand	Used to refer to a five card hand in Poker
Complimentary	Rewards offered to the player for their wager.
Comps	Short form for complimentary.
Cop	To win a bet
Corker	Term for an unusually good or bad player.
Corner Bet	Another term for square bet. A roulette game bet in which four numbers intersect.
Count	Collective value of all cards played at a given time.
Counter	Used to refer to a player who tally’s the cards in Blackjack.
Coup	European casino term which indicates a complete round of game play.
Court Cards	Court cards refer to the face cards in a deck of cards. The values of face cards differ from zero in Baccarat to ten in Blackjack.
Cover	Placing of wager or to accept a bet.
Cowboy	Refers to a fast gambler.
Cracking the nut	Winning a gambling venture which can cover all expenses and also gives a realistic net profit
Crap out	A craps term in which the player rolls a two, three or twelve on the first roll and looses the game.
Crap Shoot	A situation where the outcome is unknown.
Craps	It is a table dice game. The player bets on the numbers that will be rolled when he rolls two dice.
Craps dealer	The person in charge or craps table responsible for paying off and collecting wagers.
Credit	Some casino patrons are allowed to play without having money. This is done in the understanding that the person will payback in due time with interest.
Credit Button	The button in slot machines or video machines that allow players to get coins as credits.
Credit Manager	The person who decides if a player is eligible for credit and the amount that can be given as credit.
Croupier	The term used instead of dealer in Europe.
Curator	Baccarat term for the player whose turn is to deal.
Currency	Coins and paper money
Cushion	Money that is held back also called as reserve bankroll.
Cut	An action done after shuffling the cards to ensure an unbiased shuffle. The cards are split into two piles and they are put in a different order.
Cut Card	A faceless card usually made of plastic that is inserted into the deck of cards to be shuffled to cut the deck.
Cut Cheques	The action of creating two or more separate but equal stacks of chips by the dealer. Also known as thumb cut or a drop cut.
Cut Into	Matching of a stack of chips of one color with another stack of a same color.
Cut Tokes	Dividing of tips among the dealers.
Cut up Jackpots	The exaggerated discussion of the large pervious wins in the open.