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Rake: The money that the casino charges for each hand of poker. It is usually a percentage (5-10%) or flat fee that is taken from the pot after each round of betting.

Rank: The worth of a set of cards.

Red: The most common colour used for $5 chips.

Red-black bet: In roulette, an outside wager on whether the next spin will be a red or a black number. This bet is played off at even money.

Reel: A wheel inside a slot machine window on which the slot machine symbols are printed. The number of reels per slot machine may very but are usually three.

RFB: High rollers are comped with free room, food, and beverage.

River: In poker, the final card dealt in a hand of stud or hold'em. In seven-card stud, staying in until the fifth and final round of betting is called going to the river.

Royal flush: In poker, an ace-high straight flush; the best possible hand.

Session: A series of plays at any gambling game.

Set: In pai gow poker, players set their seven cards into two separate hands of two and five cards each.

Seventh street: In seven-card stud, the fifth and final round of betting is called seventh street because players have seven cards.

Shoe: A plastic or wooden box that holds multiple decks of cards for dealing more than two decks of cards.

Showdown: In poker, after the last betting round, the players who remain in the pot must show their hands in the showdown to determine the winner.

Shuffle: Before each hand the dealer mixes up the order of the cards.

Shutter: A window covering a number on a reusable bingo card. The shutter can be pulled down to mark each number as it is called.

Singleton: In poker, a card that is the only one of its rank.

Sixth street: In seven-card stud, the fourth round of betting is called sixth street because players have six cards.

Soft hand: In blackjack, any hand that contains an ace counted as eleven is called a soft hand.

Spot: Any number from 1 to 80 that a player selects on a keno ticket. It also refers to the number of numbers that are marked on a ticket.

Stand: In blackjack, to stand is to refrain from taking another card.

Stiff: In blackjack, a hand that is not pat and that may bust if hit once. Stiffs include hard twelve through sixteen.

Steal: In poker, to win the pot by bluffing.

Straight: In poker, a hand consisting of five cards of consecutive ranks.

Straight flush: In poker, a hand consisting of five cards of consecutive ranks of the same suit.

Straight keno: The basic keno game, played by marking individual numbers on a keno ticket.

Surrender: In blackjack, to give up half your bet for the privilege of not playing out a hand. In roulette, you effectively lose only half on an even-money bet when the ball lands on 0.

Third base: A plastic container in which you can transport and count large-denominational coins, slot machine tokens, and casino plastic chips.

Third street: In poker, a player raises by matching the previous bet and then betting more, to increase the stake for remaining players.

Three of a kind: The money that the casino charges for each hand of poker. It is usually a percentage (5-10%) or flat fee that is taken from the pot after each round of betting.

Toke: The worth of a set of cards.

Touch wand: The most common color used for $5 chips.

Trey: In roulette, an outside wager on whether the next spin will be a red or a black number. This bet is played off at even money.

Trips: A wheel inside a slot machine window on which the slot machine symbols are printed. The number of reels per slot machine may very but are usually three.

Two pair: In poker, the final card dealt in a hand of stud or hold'em. In seven-card stud, staying in until the fifth and final round of betting is called going to the river.

Underlay: In poker, an ace-high straight flush; the best possible hand.

Upcard: A series of plays at any gambling game.

Way ticket: A plastic or wooden box that holds multiple decks of cards for dealing more than two decks of cards.

White: In poker, after the last betting round, the players who remain in the pot must show their hands in the showdown to determine the winner.