call
In poker, when a player matches the current bet on the table. In keno and bingo, to draw the numbers for each game.

caller
In a bingo game, the person who is responsible for choosing the game pattern, drawing each bingo ball and reading each number clearly. In poker, someone who has called a bet.

card counting
Keeping track of all cards that have been played since the shuffle.

card shark
A person who is an expert at cards.

carousel
A group of slot machines that are positioned in a ring, enabling a change person to stand in the center.

cashier’s cage
The place in a casino where players may redeem their casino chips for cash.

casino advantage
The edge that the house has over the players

casino rate
A reduced hotel-room rate that the casinos offer good customers.

catch
In keno, to catch a number means that a number you have marked on your keno ticket has been drawn

check
In casino gambling, a check is another term for a chip. In poker, a player can check in order to stay in the game but not bet.

chips
Round tokens that are used on casino gaming tables in lieu of cash.

chip tray
The tray in front of a dealer that holds that table’s inventory of chips.

cold
A player on a losing streak, or a slot machine that isn’t paying out.

color up
When a player leaving a game exchanges smaller denomination chips for larger denomination chips.

combination way ticket
In keno, a ticket in which groups of numbers are bet several different ways, allowing the player to spread money over more combinations.

community card poker games
Each player is dealt privately an incomplete poker hand (hole cards) which is then combined with the community cards to make a complete hand. The set of community cards is called a board, and may be dealt in a simple line or arranged in a special pattern; rules of each poker game determine how the community cards may be combined with each player's private poker hand.

comps
Complimentary gifts used by casinos to entice players to gamble. Typical comps include free room, food and beverage.

copy
In pai gow poker, when a player and the banker have the same two-card hand, or the same five-card hand. The banker wins all copies.

credit button
In slot machines or video machines, the button that allows players to bank coins in the form of credits.

croupier
The French word for dealer, used in the games of baccarat and roulette.

cut
When the dealer divides a deck into two parts and inverts them after they have been well shuffled.

cut card
A card of different color that is used to cut a deck of cards.