ANCHOR:
Customer occupying the last box and most favourable position to the right of the dealer in blackjack.

BLOCKING:
The squaring up of any multiple of packs of cards, for example prior to shuffling or placing in a dealing shoe.

BOX:
A betting space on the layout.

BOXED CARD:
A card placed in the dealing shoe face up.

BRIDGING:
Placing chips centrally on top of two units/stacks.

BURN A CARD:
To remove a card after a shuffle.

CERTIFICATE HOLDER:
Gaming personnel approved by the Gaming Board under section 19 of the Act.

CHEMMY SHUFFLE:
The mixing of cards face down as in the games of Blackjack, Punto Banco, Casino Stud Poker and Three Card Poker

CHIPS (WHEEL or COLOUR):
Tokens used for betting in place of money, on American Roulette tables (Each having markings specific to each table).

CHIPS (VALUE or CASH):
Tokens used for betting in place of money, with specific
value markings.

CLICKER:
A meter used to record cash input on each table.

CLOSE UP:
The period immediately following all members and guests leaving the casino.

COUP:
The cards held by a customer or dealer in any one round of a game.

CREDIT:
Removal of excess value chips from the initial float during a game

CUTTING (CHIPS):
To separate manually a specific number of chips from a stack.

DEALER:
The person responsible for operating the game, clearing losing bets and paying out winning bets.

DISCARD:
A card no longer required in the coup/game.

DROP BOX:
A fixed container for cash intake on each table.

DROP CARD:
Document used to record cash input to each table.

DROP:
Also known as handle. The total cash staked on a particular table or across the casino in a given session.

FILL:
An addition to the initial float during a game.

HAND:
Cards held by a single customer.

HEELING/STEPPING:
To displace chips in steps.

HITTING:
The first direct cutting of chips, against another stack.

INSPECTOR:
The person responsible for supervising dealers on live games.

LAYOUT:
The betting area, printed on the table baize.

MARKER BUTTON:
A chip used to represent or mark a specific amount or denomination.

MARKER BOARD/MARKER TREE:
A visual display of marker buttons.

MONKEY:
A sum of £500, or a cash chip of that value.

ODDS:
Chances or balance-of probability of a result or outcome.
OPENING FLOAT (par float):
Set amount of chips issued at start of play.

PALLETTE:
A piece of equipment shaped like a paddle used to manoeuvre cards in Punto Banco.

PAYOUT AREA:
An area where payout or exchange transactions are made up and paid from.

PENCILLING (CHIPS):
The running off of chips from the bottom of the stack.

PIT:
A cordoned off area of gaming tables from which dealers work and to which customers have no access.

PLUNGER (PADDLE):
A T-shaped piece of equipment used to deposit cash in the table drop box.

PONY:
A sum of 25, or a cash chip of that value.

POSTILLION:
A plastic card used for cutting.

RIFFLE SHUFFLE:
The mixing of 'closed' cards in an alternate/ random manner.

SHOE:
A piece of equipment used to enable the 'drawing' of cards smoothly and near to the table surface.

SIZING:
Comparing the total of an unknown stack chips with a known quantity by placing the stacks side by side.

SPLITTING:
The separation of a 'pair' of cards.

SPREADING:
Fanning of cards flat for display.

STACK (FULL):
A pile of 20 chips of the same value or colour.

STEPPING:
As heeling-

SYSTEM:
A statistical ploy to try to beat the odds-

'TAX':
The 5% deduction made in Punto Banco payouts in order to pay bets on the bank at odds of 19:20.

TOP HATTER:
Customer who attempts to defraud the casino by placing his own chips under the top chip of the winning stack after the ball has dropped.