Casino Glossary

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Rack

A plastic container in which you can transport and count large-denominational coins, slot machine tokens, and casino plastic chips.

Raise

[Poker] A player raises by matching the previous bet and then betting more, to increase the stake for remaining players.

Rake

The money that the casino charges for each hand of poker. It is usually a percentage (5-10%) or flat fee that is taken from the pot after each round of betting.

Rank

[Poker] The worth of a set of cards.

Rated

Determination by the casino that a player's skill level is above average or on a professional level. A player's rating may be stored on computer and referred to the pit.

Red

The most common colour used for $5 chips.

Reel

[Slot machines] A wheel inside a slot machine window on which the slot machine symbols are printed. The number of reels per slot machine may very but are usually three.

RFB

Comped with free Room, Food, and Beverages.

Riffling

(Also "Card Riffling") A commonly used shuffling process.

River

[Poker] The final card dealt in a hand of stud or hold‘em. In seven-card stud, staying in until the fifth and final round of betting is called going to the river.

Royal Flush

[Poker] (Also "Royal Straight Flush" or "Royal") An Ace-high straight flush (Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten, all of the same suit); the best possible poker hand.