Twelve words, defined plainly
Glossary of casino words
Terms you may meet at a casino door or in our entry rules, with no tips on playing.
- Gaming room
- A room in a hotel where people play at tables with staff. We use the phrase for any such room, large or small.
- Supervisor
- The person in charge of the room on a given night. Ask them about limits, breaks and stopping.
- Dealer
- The member of staff running a table. In Poland often called a krupier.
- Cashier
- The window where money is exchanged for the tokens used at the tables.
- Entry card
- In Poland, the single-use card you receive after the casino has registered you from your document.
- House edge
- The share of every stake a game keeps for the venue over time. Because of it, the longer you play, the more you are likely to lose.
- Spending limit
- The most you have decided to spend in an evening, set before you start.
- Time limit
- The hour at which you have decided to leave, whatever happens.
- Self-exclusion
- Asking, yourself, to be refused entry to gaming venues for a set time.
- SENSE
- The British scheme that applies one self-exclusion to every licensed land-based casino in Great Britain.
- Cruks
- The Dutch national exclusion register, run by the gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit.
- Cooling-off
- A short break taken by choice, often for a day or a week, before anything more formal.
For the rules themselves, see entry rules by country.