
Announced Bet: Bets announced by the players for the dealer to place
Apron:
Chipper’s working area; aka ‘salad’
Bet:
Wager.
Bowl:
Housing for wheel cylinder.
Capping:
Placing chips on top of a winning bet, also applies to illegally increasing the amount of a payoff.
Cashout:
Redemption of players chips for cash value chips or cash.
Cash Chips:
Betting units issued by the casino for play on table games with value denomination printed
Change Area/Work Area: Area directly in front of dealer between rows 1-3 and 10-12. This area is used by the dealer as a work area for handling transactions, preparing payoffs etc.
Change Block:
Used for changing chips for colour or cash value chips.
Chip:
Betting units issued by the casino for play on table games.
Chipper:
Person designated to pick and stack losing chips, and to keep working areas clear of obstructions.
Chipping Machine:
An electronic device into which loose gaming chips are deposited during the game and stacked into columns of twenty
Clean Hands:
Method used to show all at the table that you are not taking chips from the game or table.
Clicker:
Device used to record the amount of money deposited in the drop box
Crown:
The very top of the spindle of the wheel.
Dirty Stack:
Unsorted stack of chips in mixed denominations.
Dolly:
Plastic marker used to denote the winning number.
Dome:
The cover used for placing the cash value chips.
Drop Box:
The box attached to the underside of the table into which all currency, fill and credit slips are deposited.
Float:
Casino cash chips kept in the value chip bank.
Foreign Chips:
Chips from other casinos.
Frets:
The metal spacers separating the numbered slots of the wheel.
Full Stack:
A stack of twenty chips in the same colour or same value.
High Roller:
High stakes patron.
Inside Hand:
The hand of the dealer nearest the wheel.
Inside Layout:
Betting area on the table containing the numbers.
Layout:
The area used for making bets.
Lammer:
Buttons used to mark non-value chips at a specific denomination.
Marker/Dolly:
Object used to mark the winning number.
Marker Tree:
A visible transparent object located near to the wheel showing what chips are in play, and at what value.
Non-Value Chips:
Various coloured chips that are issued to each player upon buy in. These colours help identify to whom each bet belongs.
Number Display:
Electronic device attached to the table which reads the winning number each spin and displays them to the players.
Outside Bets:
Even money, columns and dozen bets.
Outside Hand:
The hand of the dealer furthest from the wheel.
Outside Layout:
Betting area on the table containing the even chances and 2:1 bets.
Paddle (Plunger):
Device used to push money down the drop box.
Past Post:
To place a bet onto a winning betting position after the ball has dropped into the winning number, thus being an illegal bet.
Picking Chips:
The act of “picking” chips (using the fingertips) from off the top of a stack or stacks.
Salad:
Chippers working area; aka ‘apron’.
Shield:
Transparent plastic screen surrounding the wheel.
Sleepers:
Bets that are inadvertently forgotten or left by the players that have subsequently won.
Spindle:
The centre piece of the wheel which secures the wheel head to the bowl.
Track:
The groove in which the ball spins.
Value Chips/Cash Chips:
Chips with a set value that can be used at any table and can be traded in at the cashier’s cage for the equivalent amount in currency.
Wheel Cover:
A cover to protect the wheel from being tampered with, when the casino is closed.
Wiping/Penciling Chips:
The act of sliding chips from the bottom of a stack to reduce the amount of chips in the stack to the amount of the payoff or part payoff. |