Also known in the industry as “RFB” – room, food, and beverage giveaways.Ĭount Down: Action whereby a dealer forms smaller stacks of chips from tall stacks that have collected on the table. Depending on the level of play or average amount of wagers placed by the customer, this can include anything from free drinks to luxury suites that come with a full-time butler and private jet transportation.

Some of the standard colors for casino chips include white for $1, red for $5, green for $25, and black for $100.Ĭhecks: Common name casino workers use when referring to chips.Ĭomps: Short for complimentary, comps are things that are given away by the casino to its customers. Dealers call this changing colors because chips are recognized more readily by their color than by the amounts marked on the top of them. Players also go to the cage cashier to “cash out,” whereby they will exchange their chips for currency.Ĭhange Colors: Exchanging one set of casino chips for another, such as turning in a $5 chip for five $1 chips. It is usually in this tightly controlled environment that most of the large money transactions take place. Dealers may “break the deck” at any time, but will do so especially if they think there is a card counter sitting at their table.Ĭage: Financial hub of a casino. This employee monitors the payoff amounts and deposits money into the drop box.īreak the Deck: This term is mainly used in blackjack games, meaning to reshuffle the cards. A “bookie” is a person who collects and pays off the bets that are made.īoxman or Boxperson: Dealer who supervises the bank at a craps game. (The alternating colors of the different chips resemble a barber’s pole.)īook/Bookie: A “book” refers to an establishment or special area of a casino that accepts wagers on the outcome of sporting events and races. A term also used by casino workers referring to the amount of money stocked at a game table before the start of a shift.īad Paper: Checks written by players that are not honored at the player’s bank due to insufficient funds.īarber Pole: A wager made using a stack of various chips.

Also refers to gambling activities in general.īankroll: Amount of money a player comes to the casino with to be used strictly for placing bets. The following is a list of definitions, some useful, some just for fun, that will help you pick up some of the terminology commonly used in your future working environment.Īction: Total sum of all wagers.

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