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There is a lot of casino jargon out there in the world and people may use it to try to confuse as well as to try and impress you. We've tried to help simplify things - Below is a list of words and phrases used in Casinos and what they mean.

If some explanations use other words you haven't heard of before, we suggest using Google, by just typing in the word and doing you own search of its meaning.

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Action: The amount of money wagered. In poker, the placing of money into the pot. 

Active player: One who is still in the pot.

Ante: In poker, a small portion of the minimum bet that each player is required to put into the pot before a new hand starts.

Banker: In a card game, dealer or the players who books the action of the other bettors at the table.

Bankroll: A players total available gambling money.

Basic strategy: In blackjack, the set of plays that you should make to maximize your advantage.

Bet: Wager

Betting limits: In a table game, the minimum and maximum amounts of money that you can wager on one bet. You cannot wager less than the minimum or more than the maximum amount posted.
bingo marker A crayon or ink dauber that is used to cover the numbers on a bingo game card.

Black: The most common colour used for $100 chips.

Blind bet: A bet that certain poker players are required to make because of their betting positions.

Bluff: In poker, players bluff when raising with a weak hand in hopes of driving out players with stronger hands.

Board: In poker, the community cards dealt face-up in the centre of the table are referred to as on the 'board'.

Boat: Another term for a full house.

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'd receive.

Bring-in: In seven-card stud, the bring-in is a mandatory bet made by the player with the lowest upcard in the first round of betting.

Buck: A $100 wager

Bug: A joker

Bump: To raise

Burn card: In card games, the card temporarily removed from play. After a shuffle and cut, one card is placed on the bottom of the deck or in the discard tray, which is called burning the card.

Bust: In blackjack, to go over twenty-one. If you bust you lose.

Button: In poker, a small plastic disc used as a marker that is moved from player to player after each hand to designate the dealer position.

Call: In poker, when a player matches the current bet on the table. In keno and bingo, to draw the numbers for each game.

Caller: In a bingo game, the person who is responsible for choosing the game pattern, drawing each bingo ball and reading each number clearly. In poker, someone who has called a bet.

Card counting: Keeping track of all cards that have been played since the shuffle.

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 stand in the centre.

Cashiers cage: The place in a casino where players may redeem their casino chips for cash.

Casino advantage: The edge that the house has over the players

Casino rate: A reduced hotel-room rate that the casinos offer good customers.

Catch: In keno, to catch a number means that a number you have marked on your keno ticket has been drawn

Check: In casino gambling, a check is another term for a chip. In poker, a player can check in order to stay in the game but not bet.

Chips: Round tokens that are used on casino gaming tables in lieu of cash.