Cage (Craps): What is traditionally used to shake the dice prior to rolling.
Call (Poker): Action taken to match the current bet.
Calling Station (Poker): A player who consistently calls.
Canadian Line (Sports betting): A combination point spread and money line in hockey.
Cap: The limit on the number of raises in a round of betting.
Capping a Bet (Blackjack): Secretly adding extra chips to your wager. After the deal has begun.
Card Shark: An expert at card games.
Caribbean Stud: A table game based on online poker but played at a blackjack-type table against the House.
Carte (Blackjack): The request, in French, for a card to be dealt.
Cascading/Collapsing Reels: Cascading reels is a casino slot feature whereby symbols that land on a winning payline will be replaced straightaway by new ones. Replacement symbols can go on to create new winning combinations which in turn will be replaced by new symbols. This will go on until there are no more winning combinations.
Cashback: A casino cashback is a refund in bonus money or real cash that you will receive after losing money whilst playing. The casino tends to offer a percentage of your losses back.
Cash Bonus: Free' money offered to new players depositing at an online casino for the first time. For example, a 100% deposit match, will double the value of a player's first deposit. All cash bonus offers are subject to the casino’s T&Cs.
Cashier: In a land-based casino, it’s where you exchange chips for money. In an online casino, it’s where you can deposit and withdraw funds from your account.
Cash-Out: The act of withdrawing money from an online casino.
Casino: Originally a public music or dance hall venue. Now the name was given to a place that offers gambling services.
Casino Advantage: The house edge an online casino has over its players.
Casino Rewards: Many online casinos will offer rewards of some kind, typically cash, to players based on how much they play.
Casino Tournament: A casino tournament is a tournament where you play a range of slots or table games with the aim of coming to the top of the leaderboard to win a prize. The player with the highest score at the end of the tournament will either win a bonus, real money or a tournament prize.
Catch (Keno): When a number that’s drawn matches a number on a player's keno card.
Chalk (Sports betting): The favoured team, athlete or horse.
Chalk Player (Sports betting): Someone who usually only plays the favoured teams.
Chase: When a losing player continues to gamble in the hope of recouping their losses.
Chat Room (Online Casino): A private 'room' on the screen where players can send messages to other players in real-time.
Check (Poker): Action is taken to stay in the hand without betting but with the option to call or raise later in the current betting round.
Check in the Dark (Poker): When a player checks before looking at their hole cards.
Check Raise (Poker): When a player checks and then makes a raise after an opponent bet.
Checked Around (Poker): When multiple players are in a hand and all players check on a given street.
Chemin De Fer: A game similar to baccarat, played mainly in France. Bets are against other players and players take turns being the Bank.
Chinese Poker: A poker variant played with a single deck of cards and two to four players. Players are dealt 13 cards and must form three hands (of five, five, and three cards respectively), going from the strongest to weakest hands. Points are assigned based on the strength of each hand compared to the opponents.
Chips: Casino tokens used in place of real money for gambling. Read more about casino chips.
Chip and a Chair (Poker): An expression meaning that even a player with one remaining chip could still win a tournament.
Chip Tray: The tray used by a dealer or croupier to hold house chips.
Chop (Poker): To share out a pot amongst all players remaining in the hand or tournament.
Chop the Blinds (Poker): When only the small and big blind are left in the hand pre-flop and those players agree to take back their blinds and end the hand.
Choppy Game (Poker): A game where the players and the house are going back and forth, taking turns winning and losing.
Chuck-a-Luck (Sic Bo): A popular variant of Sic Bo introduced in England. Also known as Birdcage or Grand Hazard.
Circled Game (Sports betting): A game where the maximum bet is limited, usually due to injuries or bad weather.
Classic Slots: Classic slots are retro-style video slots consisting mainly of just 3 reels. Also known as ‘fruit machines’ or ‘classic vegas slots’, these were the first games to go online.
Clear (Poker): An action that cancels all bets previously placed on the table and returns all chips to the players.
Closed (Keno): The time right before Keno balls are drawn and no additional bets can be placed.
Closing Line (Sports betting): The final list of point spreads offered before game time. Coins: The amount you would be betting on each pay line, which in turn would give you the total you would be betting on each spin.
Cold (Slots): A machine that isn't perceived to be paying out at a high rate.
Cold Call (Poker): Action is taken to call after there has been a bet and a raise.
Cold Table: When the players who are betting right are losing frequently.
Cold Streak: An extended losing run.
Colour Up: The act of exchanging smaller-denomination chips for larger ones.
Column Bet (Roulette): A bet on one of the three twelve-number columns on the roulette layout.
Combination Bet (Horse betting): Betting on any number of teams/horses to finish first and second, in either order.
Combination Bet (Sic Bo): A bet that two of the three dice will match two specified numbers. Also, Pair Match.
Combination Ticket (Keno): A keno card on which a player selects at least two groups containing any number of spots and also selects how the groups shall be combined.
Combo Draw (Poker): A hand that has draws to multiple hands.
Come Bet (Craps): Betting for the shooter to win.
Come-Out (Craps): The first roll of the game.
Commission (Baccarat): An added fee that is paid when making a Banco bet.
Commission: A fee that the casino takes out of all winnings paid by the bank. This is how the casino can profit from a game that does not have a built-in house edge.
Community Cards (Poker): Cards that are dealt face up and can be used by any player in the hand.
Comp Points: At most casinos, online and land-based, you’ll earn comp points whenever you’re playing. These can then be exchanged for chips. In land-based casinos, comp points may also be used for food, drink, or reduced rate accommodation.
Comp Points: Also known as reward points. Are points added to a player's account as a part of a casino's loyalty or VIP program. These points can be exchanged for prizes or cash.
Complete (Poker): The action in stud games where a bet is made after the bringing in, that is equal to the amount of the lowest betting limit.
Connectors (Poker): Cards of consecutive rank.
Continuation Bet (Poker): An action where the player who was the raiser pre-flop bets out on the flop.
Coordinated (Poker): Used to describe a board that has connected or suited cards. Also, known as ‘wet’.
Copy (Poker): When the player and the banker have the same hand. The banker always wins the copy.
Corner Bet (Roulette): A wager on four bets made by placing chips on the corner of adjacent numbers. Also known as Carré in French roulette.
Counterfeit (Poker): When a hand becomes less valuable after community cards form a better hand.
Coup (Poker): The round of play.
Crack (Poker): To beat a big hand.
Craps: Craps is a dice game where players make bets on the outcome of the roll. This game is considered a table game.
Credit: In some online casinos, bets are expressed in credits. One credit is usually equal to one monetary unit in the player's native currency.
Credit Button (Online): The button used to bank money in the form of credits.
Croupier: A term most commonly used in European casinos in games such as Baccarat or Craps. It’s another term for a dealer.
Cut (Blackjack): After a shuffle, divide the deck of cards into two parts, and place the bottom part on top.
Cut Card: A plastic card is used to cut the deck in some card games.
Cut Off (Poker): The position sitting to the right of the button.
Cycle (Video poker): The average number of hands that pass between top payout wins on video poker machines, typically through the use of the royal flush.
