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Live casinos or “live” casinos offer the opportunity to play with real dealers without visiting a gambling establishment but using only an online resource. Real dealers are in special studios with video cameras, from where the game is broadcast. A live casino is an online casino that is run in real-time by live human dealers. As such, players can play using their computers and have a full gaming experience like in a real land-based casino. Some live casinos even allow players to use a mobile device to play live games.
There are currently 67 names in this directory beginning with the letter C.
Cage
Cage is a place where a lot of money is stored in casinos. Usually includes the cashier’s desk too.
Call / Flat
To “call” means to match the existing wager on the current betting round. When players accept the current set of wager by the previous players before passing action to another player who is sitting in clockwise direction to them.
Calling Your Bluff
"Calling your bluff" means that your opponent suspects you are bluffing and correctly makes the call.
Camouflage
When players try to camouflage their current hands, playstyle and identity, it is termed as camouflage.
Cap
A cap game is one where there is a limit placed on the maximum amount of chips that can be wagered postflop.
Capping
It is a kind of cheating that involves removing or adding chips from bets after declaration of outcome.
Card Counting
Keeping track of which cards have been dealtin blackjack to have a better idea of which cards are likely tobe dealt next. When done successfully, card counting can give a player an edge over the casino.
Card Games
It is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific.
Card Removal / Blocker Effect
The effect that our holding has on the possible combinations of hands that villain can hold.
Card Washing
A card shuffling technique where a dealer will spread all the cards on the table and mix them around.
Case
Refers to the last card of a certain rank in the deck. For example, if there are already three Aces in play, the final Ace in the deck is referred to as “the case Ace” if it is dealt.
Case Card
The term 'case card' refers to the last card in the deck of a certain rank - e.g 'the case ace' means the last ace in the deck.
Cash Game / Ring Game
This is a singular game poker format where players are free to buy in and leave at any time.
Cash-Out
To have funds from your online account sent back to you via the payment option of your choice.
Cashless Betting / Cashless Wagering
A betting mechanism in which a player maintains an electronic account that employs multi-source authentication.
Cashout Time
The amount of time your winnings travel from the casino to the payout service provider (bank, e-wallet, etc.).
Casino / House
1. Meaning a club or public building where social activities, including gambling, took place. Originated in Italy in the 19th century. 2. A colloquial term referring to the entity that is running the current poker game. I.e. the casino in most cases. 3. A gambling establishment where gambling games with declared monetary or other property winnings.
Casino Advantage / House Advantage
Mathematical advantage which online casinos have over the players is known as casino advantage or house edge.
Casino License
For an online casino to be able to operate it must acquire a license. The most common licenses are the ones issued by Malta (MGA), UK (UKGC) and Curacao. Bear in mind that a casino must be licensed within the EU for winnings to be tax-free. Therefore you may want to make sure that the casino has a UK or Malta master license. This is most often displayed at the very bottom of the page on casinos. A casino may also hold multiple licenses.
Casino Lobby / Lobby
Page within the licensee’s gaming site showing the casino games that can be viewed by registered player. The area of an online casino where you can choose which games you are going to play.
Casino Result
Casino result is calculated as player bets, minus player wins, minus player compensation, minus regulated market gaming tax.
Casino Table Games / Table Games
These are games generally involving cards or dice which are offered at casinos. Popular casino table games are Blackjack, roulette, baccarat, craps and poker.
Chase / Chasing
Chase means a player continues gambling with a hope of recovering from previous losses by increasing stakes.
Check
To “check” means to make no wager. The action instead passes to the player on our left. Note that checking is only a valid option if no wager has been made on the current betting round.
Chicago Poker / Follow the Queen
Both Chicago Poker High and Chicago Poker Low are close relatives to Seven Card Stud Poker. Unlike Seven Card Stud, however, at showdown the pot is spilt between the best hand (high or low) and the player with the highest (in high) or lowest (in low) Spade hole card.
Chip (s)
Gold nuggets were common gambling currency in the 1900s but by the late 1800s casinos had created standardized chips to denote monetary values. Typically plastic discs, these are tokens used to represent real money at the gaming tables.
Chip and a Chair
Refers to the idea that a player can still go on win an entire poker tournament even if they are down to their last chip.
Chip Tray
Usually found in front of a dealer at a gaming table, this holds the chip inventory for that table.
CO (Cutoff)
The position at the poker table to the direct right of the button. Provides a good opportunity for stealing the blinds.
Cold-Call
A call made on the first betting round where said call is the player’s first action on that betting round.
Collusion
The term “collusion” refers to a type of cheating where 2 or more players secretly work together to win chips off other unsuspecting players.
Color / Colouring Up
The act through small denomination chips are exchanged with the larger ones by the players are termed as color up..To trade chips with a low value for a smaller number of higher denomination chips to make the chip stack easier to handle.
Columns Bet
An Outside Roulette bet placed simultaneously on 12 non-consecutive numbers displayed in one of three columns on the betting table; pays 2:1.
Combo Draw
Refers to a drawing hand with multiple draw components. Most often this will be a straight draw which is also a flush draw.
Community Board
Five cards dealt face up in the center of Texas Hold'em table; all players can use them in combination with their own two cards to create the highest-value poker hand.
Community Cards / Board
Community cards are placed in the center of the table in Hold’em and Omaha, or “upcards” in Stud variants of poker; all players may use them in constructing their 5-card hand. Not all poker variants use community cards. The most common community card variants are Omaha and Hold’em.
Comp Hustling
The act of playing specific games, or playing in a specific way, so as to maximize the value of comps relative to the amount lost at the tables or slot machines.
Comp Points
These are the reward points through which different prizes earned by the players and can be exchanged for the chips.
Complete
Can refer to calling in the small blind when facing an open limp in Omaha or Hold’em. It can also refer to raising to the small bet sizing when playing the bring-in in Stud games.
Continuation Bet
Refers to betting on the current street after being the last aggressor on the previous street.
Contribution
Proportion of bets that count towards bonus wagering requirement; usually varies according to game type.
Cooler
A “cooler” is a situation where our hand is clearly too strong to fold but ends up being beaten by an even stronger hand.
Counterfeit
A situation where a previously strong hand loses a huge chunk of its value after further cards are dealt.
Cracking the Nut
This term refers to the players who earn sufficient money for covering their expenses along with making profits.
Craps
A game played with 2 dice; also an outcome of 2, 3 or 12 rolled during the Come-Out (initial) Roll
Cripple
To make such a strong hand that there is no way our opponent can ever outdraw us. “We flopped big and crippled the deck”.
Crossfire
This term is used for dealers by the players who chat about different things except the game in front of players.
CSM (Continuous Shuffling Machine)
A machine used in some land based venues to automatically and continuously shuffle the cards during game play. They are typically used in blackjack to combat card counters.