Casino Glossary

• Supervising Authority

  Casino

  In some countries, a government organization which oversees casinos and takes care of complaints against them.

• Symbols

  Slots

  The images on the reels (or video display) of a slot machine used to determine whether a player wins or loses.

• Sucker Bet

  Casino

  A terrible bet for the gambler. E.g. the field bet in craps.

• Seven Card Stud Poker Game

  Poker

  A version of poker where the player receives two cards face down, four exposed, and then a final one face down. The best five card hand made from these seven cards wins.

• Soft Hand

  Blackjack

  A hand containing at least one ace that can be counted as either 1 or 11 without busting.

  Antonym: Hard Hand

• Splitting Aces

  Blackjack

  When a player receives two aces as their first two cards, they can split them to form two separate hands by doubling their bet. Always advised for non-card counters.

• Super Stud Poker

  Poker

  A version of seven-card stud hi/lo with two differences:

  1) A player is dealt five cards, discards two, and turns one up;

  2) It is a strictly pot limit game.

  Synonym: Caribbean Stud Poker

• Singleton

  Poker

  The only card of a particular rank.

• Score

  Casino

  Win a lot of money.

• Spanish 21

  Blackjack

  A blackjack version in which the four 10s are removed from each deck used. To compensate for this house edge, there are additional rules favoring the player.