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Small Blind |
In the game of Texas hold’em the smaller of the compulsory bets players have to put into the pot at the start of a game
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Snake Eyes |
In the game of craps when a 1 and 1 are thrown together
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Snapper |
Another name for a natural in Blackjack
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Soft Hand |
In the game of blackjack when the ace card is counted as 1
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Speed Rating |
A rating given to horses based on their past performances
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Split |
1. In the game of blackjack when you split two cards of the same value into two separate hands
2. A tied game in poker
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Split Bet |
In the game of roulette a bet on two numbers at the same time
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Spooking |
When a player tries to find out what the dealers’ face down card is in the game of blackjack
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Sportsbook |
The facility in which bets on sporting events is accepted
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Spread |
1. The difference between a player’s minimum and maximum bets
2. In spread betting the difference between the buy and sell values which is the companies profit margin
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Spread Limit Game |
A variation of the game of poker where bets can only be placed between two set limits
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Stack |
When casino chips are stacked into a group of 20
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Stacked Deck |
A deck of cards that has been set up in a specific order, usually to cheat
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Stake |
The amount of money a player has bet
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Stand |
In the game of blackjack when a player refuses another card
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Stand Off |
1. In the game of craps where no decision results from the dice on specific bets
2. In the game of blackjack when there is a tie
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Stand Pat
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In the game of poker when a player refuses to draw cards
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Stay
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In poker when a player calls rather than raises
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Steal
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In the game of poker when a player bluffs at the end of a hand to try and win a pot that no one has bet on
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Stealing the Blinds
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In poker when a player starts with a large bet in order to force players to fold and lose their blind bets
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Steaming
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A player who is playing with very little care usually when he is losing
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Stickman
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The person at the craps table who announces the outcome of each roll and gives the dice to the shooter
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Stiff
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1. In the game of blackjack a hand totalling hard 12 to 16
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A player who does not tip casino staff
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Stop Loss
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In spread betting a limit imposed on the amount a gambler can lose on a bet
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Straddle
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A method of betting where the previous bet is doubled each time for a set number of times
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Straight
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In the game of poker when you have five cards in a sequence
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Straight Flush
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A straight all of matching suit
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Straight Slots
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Slot machines with fixed payouts
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Streak |
When a player has a run of good or bad cards
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Street |
In poker one round of betting
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String Bet |
In poker when a player does not put all the necessary chips into the pot
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Single-Deck Blackjack
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Only using one deck when playing blackjack
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Stuck |
When you are losing money to the casino
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Stud Poker
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A variation of poker where certain cards are dealt face up and some face down
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Suited
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Suited Connectors
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In the game of poker two cards or the same suit that have one difference in number i.e. 2 of hearts and 3 of hearts
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Surrender
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In the game of blackjack the option to half your bet before taking any cards
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Sweeten the pot
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To raise the pot or to place the ante bet
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System
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A particular method devised to try and win when gambling
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