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Gambling Dictionary
Come Bet - A wager placed on the Come Line in craps. Same rules as the wager on the Pass Line except it is placed after the point has been established.
Come Line - The area on a craps table where the Come Bets are placed.
Come Out Roll - The first roll of the dice or the first roll after a point has been made in craps. This roll establishes the point.
Complete Hand - A poker hand that is defined by all five cards. That is a straight, flush, straight flush, or a full house.
Comps - Complimentary gifts used by casinos to reward players for Gambling.
Cooler - A pre-arranged deck or shoe of cards.
Copper - When a gambler takes the opposing side of another gambler's bet, position or opinion.
Copy - In pai gow poker, when a player and the banker have the same 2 card hand, or the same 5 card hand.
Correct Odds - The ratio of favorable vs. unfavorable possibilities.
Cover - As in "covering the spread". This occurs when a favorite you have bet on wins by more points than you have had to give up.
Cowboys - Two Kings.
Cracking The Nut - Winning enough money to cover one's expenses and make a little profit.
Craps - Dice term for 2, 3, or 12.
Craps Out - Rolling a Crap (2, 3, or 12) on the come-out roll.
Credit Button - A button in video poker that allows the player to bank coins won as credits and to use the credits to play without depositing more money.
Crew - Craps dealers assigned to the game.
Crossroader- A gambler who does not bet without cheating.
Croupier - The French word for casino dealers, mainly referring to Roulette and Baccarat dealers.
Cycle - In video poker it's the statistically predicted average number of hands dealt per top jackpot, usually a royal flush.
Cut - The dealer divides the deck of cards into two parts and then inverts them after they have been shuffled.
Cut Card - A hard plastic card used to cut the deck or a card of a different color.
Daub - A paste or liquid used to mark cards.
Dry - A player who has run out of funds and credit.
Deal - To give out the cards during a hand.
Dealer - A casino employee who deals the various games.
Dean - A smart gambler who can calculate odds and percentages.
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