Glossary
Casino Dealer Terms & Vocabulary
15 essential casino dealer terms with plain-English definitions: the vocabulary you’ll hear in training and on day one.
Key casino dealer vocabulary
These 15 terms come up constantly in casino dealer training, on the job and in interviews. Knowing them helps you follow instructions, document accurately and sound prepared.
- 3-to-2
- The standard blackjack payout.
- Burn card
- A card discarded before dealing.
- Clearing hands
- Showing empty hands to surveillance.
- Color up
- Exchanging small chips for larger ones.
- Floor supervisor
- Supervises several tables.
- Game protection
- Preventing cheating.
- House edge
- The casino’s statistical advantage.
- No more bets
- Announcement closing betting.
- Payout
- The amount paid on a winning bet.
- Pit
- An area of table games.
- Rake
- The casino’s cut in poker.
- Shoe
- A box holding multiple decks.
- Split
- Separating a pair into two hands.
- Stand
- Not taking another card.
- Toke
- A tip.
Practice these terms
Test yourself with the free Casino Dealer practice test: it includes vocabulary questions built from this list. For a complete course, see Casino Dealer training.
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