Casino Glossary

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Ladderman

[Baccarat] Casino employee who oversees the baccarat game. Personnel working this game are two dealers seated together at the center of the table, a caller standing at the table across from the dealers, and the ladderman, supervising the action from a chair above the table.

Layout

Cloth on a gaming table. Markings tell you where you can place your bets.

Load up

To play the maximum number of coins per spin that a slot machine or video game will allow.

Long Run

The number of rounds of play, hands or spins, needed for the ratio of wins to losses to reach a point where they are changed very little by the cumulative effect of outcomes.

Loose

[Slot machine] Referred to slot machines that have a generous payout.

Low Poker

[Poker] (Also "lowball") Poker in which the pot is awarded to the hand with the lowest poker value.