Casino Glossary

• Hold/Re-Spin Bonus Slot

  Slots

  This holds the reels that triggered the bonus, while the remaining reels are spun again, giving the opportunity to win more credits.

• Hold Percentage

  Slots

  Percentage of money kept by the casino in the long run.

• Hit with the Deck

  Casino

  Deal great cards to a player over and over again.

• Hold’em

  Poker

  A popular poker variant in which each player makes a hand from their two down cards and five community cards that anyone can use.

  Synonym: Texas Holdem

• Hop Bet

  Craps

  A one-time bet on an outcome specified by the bettor of the next roll of the dice. Pays either 15 to 1 or 30 to 1, depending on the choice.

• High Roller

  Casino

  
   

  Also known as Casino Whale. A player who bets large amounts of money and plays high table limits. High rollers get large amounts of comp points from the casinos. Brick-and -mortar casinos attract high rollers with charter plane transfers, limousine drives and best suites in the casino hotels. There are special rooms with high stake tables in some casinos exclusively for high rollers. Online casinos may offer special bonuses and big prizes to high rollers such as trips to some nice destinations and casino cruises.

  Some people open large credit lines in a brick-and-mortar casino to make it look like they are high rollers. Casino hosts know about these tricks. They watch how much these people bet and then decide whether they are high rollers and deserve all the perks. Many high rollers bet black chips only.

  Examples:

  After a big loss, the casino staff started treating me like I was a high roller.

  High rollers occupied all the best suites in this casino hotel.

  Antonym: Grinder

  See also: VIP

• House

  Casino

  The casino or the operators of the casino.

  Synonym: Casino

• Handle

  Casino

  The total amount of money bet in a casino.

• Hold Button

  Video Poker

  The button a player presses to keep, rather than discard, a card.

• High Bet

  Roulette

  A bet on the numbers 19-36, which pays 1 to 1.

  Antonym: Low Bet