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Flat Betting - A way of betting where the same amount is bet on each wager. For example, if a player always bets $10 on each hand or spin and never raised or lowered their bet, they would be said to be flat betting.

Flat Top - A slot machine whose jackpot is always a fixed amount, as opposed to a progressive.

Flop - In poker games, such as hold'em and omaha, where five community cards are dealt. The first three of these cards are dealt all at once, face up, and are called the flop. Games with a flop can be called flop games.

Foul - In Pai-Gow Poker, a hand is fouled when the two-card low hand is set higher than the five-card high hand, or when the hands are set with the wrong number of cards. A fouled hand is a losing hand.

Fourth Street - In Seven-card Stud poker, the second round of betting is called fourth street because players have four cards. In Texas Hold‘em poker, fourth street is the fourth card on board and the third round of betting.

Front Money - Cash or bank checks/cheques deposited with the casino to establish credit for a player who bets against that money.

Grease - A bribe.

Gross Winnings - The total payout (including your stake).

Hand - Refers to the cards that you hold, or to everything that happens in a card game between shuffles of the deck.

Hard Count - Activity in which coin (hard) currency is counted. It is usually done in a special room under tight security. Counting the change from slot machines.

Hard Hand - In blackjack, any hand that does not contain an Ace valued at 11. (You can value an Ace 1 or 11 to suit you).

Hard Way Bet (or The Hardway Bet) - In the game of Craps making a hard way bet means going for the total of the two dice on doubles. Say you wanted to go for a hard six, the only way to do it is with two threes. It is called the hard way because it is not easy to hit. There are only four hard way combinations: hard 4 (2x2), hard 6 (3x3), hard 8 (4x4), and hard 10 (5x5). These are not anytime one-roll wagers. Hard ways win if the selected hard way is rolled before a seven appears or before an "easy way" combination of the hard way total is hit. So if you have a bet on a hard 4 and a 3 and 1 (easy 4) comes up before two twos (hard 4), you lose your hard way bet.

High Poker - Standard poker, as compared to low poker or lowball. In high poker, high hands win.

High Roller - A player that wagers big bets.

Hit - In blackjack, to take another card. The card received is also called a hit.

Holding Your Own - Neither winning nor losing, just breaking even.

Hole Card - In blackjack, the facedown card that the dealer gets. In stud and hold‘em poker, the facedown cards dealt to each player.

Hot - A player who is on a winning streak, or a slot machine that is paying out.

House - A casino or gambling center/centre. Also the operators of a gambling game.

House Edge - The casino in-built advantage, usually gained by paying less than the odds.

Inside Bets - A roulette bet placed on any number, or small combination of numbers.

Insurance - In blackjack, a side bet that the dealer has a natural. Insurance is offered only when the dealers up card is an ace. The insurance bet wins double if the dealer has a natural, but loses if the dealer does not.

Jackpot - A big win on a slot machine.

Jacks or Better - In videopoker games the payout starts at a certain level ranking of hands. When playing Jacks or Better, if you get a pair of Jacks or a higher ranking, you win. You don't win anything on a pair of tens or lower.

Joker - The 53rd card in a deck, sometimes used as a wild card.

Juice - (USA) Vig. or Vigorish. Commission taken by the house

Kicker - In a draw poker game, an odd high card held that doesn’t contribute to a straight or a flush, usually an ace or a king.