- Action
- Betting.
- Action Numbers
- numbers spaced somewhat evenly around the wheel and always in action.
- American wheel
- a roulette wheel and layout that contains 38 numbers including 0 & 00.
- Ball action
- the way the ball reacts in a spin.
- Ball out
- this is the call when a ball pops out of the wheel.
- Ball tester
- small compass that test the ball for metal or magnets.
- Bank
- the total cash chips available at the table when it opens.
- Bankroll
- the total money you come to the casino with.
- Basket bet
- 11 to 1 bet covering 2,0,00 (trio bet).
- Beard
- someone who bets for someone else to hide to hide their identity.
- Bias wheel
- worn, defective, unbalanced, or un-leveled wheel (very, very rare).
- Black
- the color of 18 roulette numbers, or outside bet that pays 1 to 1.
- Blacks
- $100 black colored chips.
- Bowl
- holds the revolving part of the wheel.
- Break even
- a point at which you neither win nor lose.
- Breaking the bank
- winning so much that you close a gaming table.
- Buy-in
- you give the dealer your money and he gives you chips in return.
- Banoes
- deflectors around the inside of the bowl.
- Bash in
- what you say when you are finished playing and want to turn in your casino value chips.
- Charting the players
- finding a lucky or knowledgeable winning player and Following his/her play. we gave it the name hitchhiking.
- Charting the table
- watching the table to see what numbers have been coming out.
- Check raker
- helps dealer and piles up chips (chip raker).
- Chips / Checks
- casino gaming tokens.
- Chip fairy
- someone who steals your value chips off the table.
- Clocking the dealer
- watching to see if the dealer is favoring a special section of the wheel.
- Cold
- a losing streak or player is called cold.
- Color in
- what you say when you are finished playing and want to turn in (cash in) your colored chips.
- Column bet
- wager on one of the three columns (pays 2 to 1).
- Compartment
- the #'s where the ball comes to rest.
- Comping/ Comp / Comped
- term for getting things free at the casino/hotel.
- Corner bet/quad bet
- an 8-1 bet covering 4 numbers.
- Rooked wheel
- illegal wheel (very, very rare).
- Croupier
- french term for the dealer.
- Dealer
- he/she spins the wheel.
- Dirty pile
- a stack of chips with an odd color chip or different value chip in it.
- Discipline
- will power important to long term and consistent winning.
- Dominant
- Numbers or colors, or sections that seem to be coming out at this time.
- Double street/line bet/six bet
- A bet covering 6 numbers paying 5 to 1.
- Double zero
- 38th number on the american wheel (colored green).
- Dozen
- one of the three groups of twelve numbers (pays 2 to 1).
- Drop box
- the cash box where the dealer places money and tips.
- Edge
- having the advantage.
- En prison
- giving up half your bet for another spin/or stay in prison until you win or lose.
- European/french wheel
- a wheel & layout with 37 numbers including only 1 zero (0).
- Even
- outside bets on high-low, odd-even, and red or black all paying 1-1.
- Expected value
- this is what you expect to win or should win if the law of average is on time.
- Fish
- sucker.
- Floater
- the ball stays around the edge of the wheel and resists dropping into number compartment. after 10 turns of the wheel it's called no spin.
- Floorman
- the man/woman in charge of the casino.
- Frets
- metal partitions between numbers on the wheel designed to deflect ball ensuring random play.
- front money
- money you deposited at the casino cage.
- Full pile
- 20 chips equals a full pile of chips or full stack.
- Green numbers
- zero and double-zero (0,00).
- Grind
- losing slowly.
- Grind joint
- a casino that doesn't cater to hi-rollers.
- High / low bet
- even money bet that the spin comes up either the high numbers or low numbers.
- Hi-roller
- big gambler, could be a winner or loser.
- Hitchhiker
- someone who follows someone else's betting strategy (a term we invented).
- Hot
- a winning streak or player is called hot.
- House advantage
- odds in favor of the house, house edge, vig.
- House limit
- prevents a player in a hot streak from hurting the casino.
- House numbers
- the numbers that we don't bet on, numbers the casino wins on.
- House walk
- walking when a lot of house numbers are coming out.
- Inside bet
- bets on any of the numbers, including o and oo.
- Insurance or hedge bet
- an additional bet that reduces your odds of losing if it hits.
- Law of averages
- everything evens out in time.
- Layout
- playing surface.
- Long shot
- a bet with high odds against your winning.
- Loose machine
- a slot machine that keeps paying off.
- Loss walk
- your loss walk goal (loss limit) (stop loss).
- Luck
- good or bad depending on a winning or losing streak.
- Marker/dolly/crown
- marks the winning #'d location.
- Maximum
- largest bet allowed.
- Money management
- the method of controlling your money during play.
- Mucking
- what a dealer is doing when he/she is sorting and re-stacking chips.
- Neighbors
- the group of numbers to the immediate left and right of the winning #.
- Net profit
- the difference between what you bet and won.
- Nickels/reds
- roulettese for $5.00 value chips (checks).
- Odd
- an even money bet that an odd number will win.
- Odds
- pay back ratio example 2 to 1.
- Outside bet
- betting area on the layout outside the numbers.
- Parlay
- when you bet back the entire previous winning bet.
- Pit
- the area where the dealer and the pit boss stands.
- Pit boss
- supervisor of the roulette area.
- Player
- a real gambler who does well.
- Player card
- an id card the casino gives you.
- Press
- adding chips to the last winning pile of chips.
- Probability
- repetitive events subject to logical observations.
- Profit
- chips/money in excess of what you started with.
- Progression
- increasing your bet.
- Punter
- a gambler, comes in with a short-range goal, hits his/her goal, and gets right out.
- Purples
- $500 purple colored value chips.
- Quarters / greens
- roulettese for $25.00 value chips (checks).
- Rated
- term to describe how the casino qualifies you for comping (free room/food/drinks).
- Red / black bet
- an even money bet on either red or black.
- Regress
- to reduce your bets.
- Roulette
- a game of chance.
- Roulettese
- roulette terms.
- Run
- a series of numbers starting with a win and ending with a loss or visa versa.
- Scared money
- a player who is nervous about betting.
- Session bankroll
- the total money you come to the table with.
- Series
- a round of betting starting and ending with a win or loss.
- Sharp
- a wise guy.
- Shill
- an undercover casino employee.
- Short stack
- a pile of chips that has fewer chips than it should.
- Sky eye
- person or camera watching the play.
- Sleeper
- a # that hasn't come out in a while.
- Spin walk
- # of spins in a row you'll lose then walk.
- Split bet
- a bet covering two numbers paying 17-1.
- Spring value
- the ability for a particular system to win back losses.
- Stack
- 1 pile of 20 chips.
- Straight-up bet
- a roulette single-number bet paying 35-1.
- Strategy
- a plan.
- Streak
- a run of good or bad luck.
- Street bet / single street bet / trio bet
- an 11-1 bet covering 3 numbers.
- Sure bet
- a bet with low or no odds against your losing.
- System
- method of play for winning.
- Table minimum
- minimum allowable on inside or outside bets.
- Tall stack
- a pile of chips that has more chips than it should.
- Tipping
- sharing some of your good fortune with the casino employees.
- Toke
- tip to the dealer.
- Top line bet
- (also sometimes referred to as first five) a specific roulette bet paying 6-1 (covering 0,00,1,2,3) odds are 7.89% in favor of the house.
- Trends
- recognizable sequence of numbers, colors, odds, evens, columns, or sections.
- Up & down table
- a table where you win, lose, win, lose, win, lose.
- Value chips
- chips with values marked on them.
- Vigorish (vig)
- in roulette vigorish is the house cut or edge of 5.263% or 2.703%.
- White chips
- $1 while colored value chips (whites).
- Win walk
- your win walk goal (e.g. 30% profit).
- Zero
- the 37th number on a roulette wheel (colored green).
- Zero zero
- the 38th # on an american wheel (colored green), also called double zero.
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