Reverse Dictionary: CASINO

INTERJECTIONS
► ADJUST THE STICK! used as a humorous admonition to casino employees at a craps table when the players are losing → 1983 US sl.

NOUNS
► ACADEMY 1. a casino → E18 sl.
2. a cheap, possibly corrupt, casino → M19 sl.
► ACT the disguise and staged personality assumed by an expert card counter playing blackjack in a casino in the hope of avoiding detection and ejection → 1991 US sl.
► A-GAME in a casino: the poker game with the highest stakes → 1949 US sl.
► ALIEN in casino gambling: a betting chip from another casino → 1983 US sl.
► BANANA in American casinos: a $20 chip → 1985 US sl.
► BLACK ACTION casino betting in $100 increments → 1991 US sl.
► BRACE HOUSE a casino or any place of entertainment where confidence tricksters or crooked gamblers operate → L19 US sl.
► CADDY BLACKJACK in a casino: a private game of blackjack → 1981 US sl.
► CARPET JOINT a carpeted and well-furnished or well-equipped gambling casino → 1961 Amer. sl.
► DIME STORE a small casino or gambling establishment with low-stakes games → 1953 US sl.
► EARLY OUT in American casinos: an early dismissal from work due to smaller than expected numbers of gamblers → 1980 US sl.
► EYE IN THE SKY surveillance stations or camera in casinos concealed above two-way mirrors on the ceiling → 1961 US sl.
► GAFF a crooked casino or similar place designed to fleece innocent victims → 1930s US criminals’ sl.
► GAFF JOINT a casino where the games are crooked → 1920s US criminals’ sl.
► GREEN in American casinos: a $25 chip → 1985 US sl.
► JACK a counter, similar in size and shape to a sovereign, used in casinos → M19 sl.
► LAUNDROMAT ► LAUNDRY a casino, in which money that has been gained through criminal activities can be decriminalized → 1980s sl.
► NICK a low-class casino → 1859 sl.
► ONE-ARM BANDIT ► ONE-ARMED BANDIT a coin-operated gaming machine, orig. operated by a single lever → 1930s sl., orig. US
► POKIE ► POKIE BANDIT an electronic poker machine, used in casinos → 1960 Aust. sl.
► Q in a casino: a $25 chip → 1983 US sl.
► QUARTER in a casino: a $25 chip → 1980 US sl.
► RABBIT EARS in a casino Keno game: the two clear plastic tubes through which the number balls are blown → 1993 US sl.
► RAINBOW in a casino: a bet comprised of different colour and different value betting chips → 1991 US sl.
► SILVER in American casinos: a silver coin or $1 chip → 1980 US sl.
► SKINNING DEN ► SKINNING HOUSE ► SKINNING JOINT a casino or any place of entertainment where confidence tricksters or crooked gamblers operate → L19 US sl.
► ZUKE in American casinos: a gratuity → 1985 US sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► ACORN in a casino: a generous tipper → 1984 US sl.
► AGENT in casino gambling: a confederate of a cheat → 1996 US sl.
► ANCHOR MAN in casino blackjack: the gambler immediately to the dealer’s right → 1985 US sl.
► BANKER  a casino or gambling house owner or operator who may become involved in crime by using gangsters to protect him from other gangsters or to help collect gambling debts; a financier of a drug-importing ring; the one least likely ever to be arrested or jailed →  1988 criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
► BLACK-AND-WHITE a casino dealer, who typically wear black slacks and a white shirt or blouse → 1997 gambling cheats’ sl. (Bk.)
► BLEEDER a casino employee or executive who worries extensively about money being lost to gamblers → 1974 US sl.
► BLOCKER a confederate who shields a casino cheat from being seen as he robs a slot machine → 1984 US sl.
► BOOSTER a house player in a casino who entices genuine players to bet, and usually lose, their money → 20C US sl.
► C-NOTE CHARLIE in a casino: a gambler who insists on betting wit $100 notes, not betting chips → 1949 US sl.
► GEORGETTE in a casino: a female who tips generously → 1997 gambling sl. (Bk.)
► HIGH PULLER a dedicated player of casino slot machines, esp. those with higher bets and higher payouts → 1985 US sl.
► RAILBIRD a fan or spectator who crowds round the rails that surround a big game in a casino → 1940s gambling sl.
► STICK a casino croupier → 1940 US gambling sl.
► WOOD in a casino: a person who watches without playing → 1950 US sl.
► WRITER in a casino: an employee who accepts and records bets on Keno → 1972 US sl.

PHRASES
► ALL ROOTERS AND NO SHOOTERS used at casino craps tables for encouraging a player to take a turn as a shooter → 1983 US sl.
► ON THE RAIL in American casinos: observing the gambling but not playing → 1985 US sl.
► OUT OF THE APRON of gambling in a casino: using money borrowed from the casino → 1982 US sl.

VERBS
► DEAL to supervise the blackjack game in a casino → 1980 US sl.
► MUCK to spread playing cards on a table and move them randomly as part of the shuffling process → 2003 US sl.
► RACK UP to have your chips placed in a chip rack to be cashed in → 1982 US sl.
► SILVERMINE to patrol a casino in search of coins left in the tray of a slot machine or dropped on the floor → 1985 US sl.