Baccarat
Baccarat is a table game that uses 6 or 8 decks of cards and does not require much skill. Can also called Punto Banco and Chemin De Fer – which are similar to Baccarat but require a greater degree of skill.
Banker
In a card game, the dealer or the players who books the action of the other players at the table.
Bankroll
A player’s total available gambling money.
Basic Strategy
In blackjack, the set of plays that you should make to maximize your advantage.
Bet
To wager.
Betting Limits
In a table game, the minimum and maximum amounts of money that you can wager on one bet. You cannot wager less than the minimum or more than the maximum amount posted.
Bingo
Bingo in its traditional form, is a prize game where players buy cards with numbers on them in a 5 x 5 grid corresponding to the five letters in the word B-I-N-G-O. Numbers are then drawn at random (out of a possible 75 in American Bingo, and 90 in British and Australian Bingo) until one player completes a ‘Bingo’ line with five numbers in a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal row on one of their cards and wins the prize. Bingo rules and payouts and play variations vary from place to place.
Bingo Marker
A dauber that is used to cover the numbers on a bingo game card.
Blind Bet
A bet that certain poker players are required to make because of their betting positions.
Bluff
In poker, players bluff when raising with a weak hand in hopes of driving out players with stronger hands.
Board
In poker, the community cards dealt face-up in the centre of the table are referred to as on the ‘board’.
“Community cards are dealt on to the Board”
Boat
Another term for a full house.
Boxing
In horse racing, a single ticket comprised of more than one parlay.
Break-Even Point
The break-even point is the point at which if you played forever, the bets you made would approximately equal the payoffs you’d receive.
Bring-In
In seven-card stud, the bring-in is a mandatory bet made by the player with the lowest upcard in the first round of betting.
Buck
A $100 wager
Bump
To raise
Burn Card
In card games, the card temporarily removed from play. After a shuffle and cut, one card is placed on the bottom of the deck or in the discard tray, which is called burning the card.
Bust
In Blackjack, to go over twenty-one. If you bust you lose.
Button
In poker, a disc used as a marker that is moved from player to player after each hand to designate the dealer position.
