Scared Money - money a player can't afford to lose
Second Screen - when a slot machine player reaches the bonus round of slot play and has a chance to add to an initial jackpot
Section Shooter - a roulette dealer who tries to hit certain areas of the wheel
Section Slicing - dividing a roulette wheel into sections to discover if any section is hitting more than others
Send It In - Make a large bet
Seven Out - when a shooter at craps loses by rolling a seven before repeating his point
Shaker - the container holding the dice at pai gow sic bo or pai gow poker.
Shield - the glass around the roulette wheel that prevents punters from touching the wheel
Shift Boss - the casino executive in charge of a designated shift
Shill - a casino employee who poses as a player in order to get more players involved at a dead or slow table
Shoe - the box that holds the cards in various games
Shoot - to roll the dice
Shooter - the person who rolls the dice
Short Odds - receiving less than the true payout of the bet
Short Term - the theory that since the casino has a an advantage over the long term, the player can win in the short term
Showdown - in poker the final betting followed by the comparison of the remaining players hands.
Shuffle Up - a tactic aimed at card counters the dealer will shuffle sometimes after every hand
Side Bet - a second bet in addition to the primary bet on a propisition at a table game
Side Pot - a group of bets at poker in addition to the main pot
Single Deck Blackjack - a blackjack game that uses only one deck
Sleeper - a bet at the craps table that the player has forgotten about or even left the table without collecting
Slot Floor - the area of the casino where the slot machines are located
Slot Mix - the designation of the mixture of loose and tight machines, different denominations and slot versus video gaming machines
Slug - a group of cards inserted into a blackjack deck in an order already known to a dishonest player. also a piece of round metal that when inserted into a slot machine imitates a card
Snake Eyes - the total of two on the craps table
Snapper - slang for a natural blackjack
Soft Hand - a blackjack hand in which an ace is counted as one
Split - to divide one hand with two identical cards into two hands at the blackjack table
Spooking - the skill of discovering the dealers hole card in blackjack, a spook is a player who gets that information and passes it on to his fellow players
Spread - the difference between the minimum and maximum bets of a player
Stack - a group of 20 chips especially with special roulette chips
Stacked Deck - a deck whose cards have been prearranged
Stand - to decline any additional cards at the blackjack table
Steaming - a gambler playing recklessly in order to recoup his losses
Stick - the device used at craps table to move the dice around the table
Stickman - the dealer who announces the rolls at the craps table and passes the dice to the shooter
Stiff - a blackjack hand that might break if you take a hit, but isn't good enough to be a pat hand. A player who doesn't tip the cocktail waitress or dealer
Stops - the number of points where a slot machine reel might become motionless.
Straight - five cards in sequence
Straight Flush - five cards in sequence in suit
Straight Slots - slot machines that have payouts that are fixed and unchanging
Stuck - to lose or to be losing money to the house
Surrender - an option at blackjack where the player can give up half his bet before drawing any cards
Sweat - a casino exec or player who worries about losing
Swing Shift - a casino work shift that runs from 6pm to 2am
System - a way to gamble that will help the gambler to succeed
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