Entries D - Du

D ( poker ) -Diamonds (the suit), in written text. Qd, for example, is the queen of diamonds.

Da or Da2 ( blackjack) - Abbreviations for double down on any first two cards.

Daber ( bingo )

Daily Game ( lotto )

Daily Tote Double (general terms )

Daily Tote Treble (general terms )

D'alembert ( blackjack)

D'alembert Betting System (roulette)

Dame ( poker ) -Queen (the card).

Dance Every Set ( poker ) -Play every hand, or appear or claim to.

Dancing Queen ( bingo ) - 17

Danny La Rue ( bingo ) - 52

Dark ( poker )

Dark Bet ( poker ) -A blind bet.

Darken ( poker ) -Bet without looking at your cards. "I'll open dark." "He made a dark bet."

Darth Vader ( poker ) -In hold 'em, the two black fours (the "dark force") as one's first two cards.

Das ( blackjack) - An abbreviation for a rule that allows the player to double after splits. See double after split.

Daub ( blackjack) - A paste or fluid used to mark cards for the purpose of cheating.

Daub ( poker ) -Markings put on cards with paint, ink, or some other fluid. Also called cosmetics.

Dauber ( bingo )

Dauber ( poker ) -A thief who uses daub.

David ( poker ) -The king of spades. Probably comes from the Biblical King David

Day ( poker )

Day Shift

Days

Dd ( blackjack)

De ( blackjack)

Dead ( blackjack) - No action or very slow activity. "The casino is dead on Graveyard (shift)."

Dead ( poker )

Dead Blind ( poker )

Dead Button Rule ( poker ) -The rule that the button doesn't move if the small blind position leaves.

Dead Card ( poker ) -A card no longer legally playable.

Dead Draw ( poker ) -See Drawing Dead.

Dead Game ( poker ) -A game full of mostly house players (that is, with few or even no live players).

Dead Hand ( poker ) -A hand no longer legally playable, due to some irregularity.

Dead Heat (general terms )

Dead in the Pot ( poker ) -Having no way of winning a particular pot.

Dead Man's Hand ( poker )

Dead Money ( poker ) -Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.

Dead Spread ( poker ) -A Dead game.

Dead Table ( blackjack) - A table with no players. "You can't go home until there is one more dead table."

Dead Table (roulette) -A table that is manned and ready for action but has no players.

Dead Wreck. ( poker )

Deadwood

Deal ( blackjack) - The distribution of the cards to the players during the play of the game.

Deal ( poker )

Deal a Slug ( poker )

Deal Around ( blackjack)

Deal Bottoms ( poker ) -Perform a cheating maneuver in which a card manipulator deals cards from the bottom of the deck.

Deal in ( poker )

Deal Off ( poker )

Deal Out ( poker )

Deal Seconds ( poker )

Deal Yourself ( poker )

Dealer

Dealer Advantage ( poker )

Dealer Blind ( poker )

Dealer Button ( poker )

Dealer Control ( poker )

Dealer Edge ( poker )

Dealer School ( blackjack)

Dealer-Advantage Game ( poker )

Dealer's Choice ( poker ) -A game in which each dealer, in turn, chooses the type of poker to be played.

Dealing ( poker ) -Distributing cards to each player in a card game.

Dealing Seconds ( blackjack)

Deal-Yourself Game ( poker ) -A game in which each player in turn physically distributes the cards.

Dean ( poker ) -A gambler who has the ability to calculate the odds, particularly in card games. Also, professor.

Debit Bet (general terms )

Decision ( poker ) -The resolution, usually by a house employee, of a dispute in a poker room.

Decision / Play Decision ( blackjack)

Deck ( blackjack)

Deck Stacking ( blackjack)

Declaration ( poker )

Declare ( poker )

Declare Games ( poker ) -Games in which a player must declare the value of his hand in order to claim the pot.

Deductions (general terms )

Deep ( poker )

Defensive Bet

Degenerate (general terms ) - A compulsive gambler.

Delivery ( blackjack) - Method of getting cards to the players. "In the single deck game we pitch the cards to the players."

Denomination ( poker ) -The rank of a card.

Denomination (videopoker)

Dent ( poker )

Dept. of the Interior ( craps ) - When you want to make an inside bet.

Depth-Charging ( blackjack)

Derniere (roulette) -A French term for last and refers to the last group of 12 numbers in the Dozen Bet.

Designated Shuffler ( blackjack)

Desirability Index ( blackjack)

Deuce ( blackjack) - An expression used for a card numbered two (2)

Deuce ( keno ) - Two keno spots grouped together.

Deuce ( poker ) -Twos are sometimes called deuces. So 22277 can be called deuces full of sevens.

Deuce Dealer ( poker )

Deuce Player ( poker ) -Someone who usually plays $2-limit.

Deuce to Seven ( poker )

Deuces Full ( poker ) -A full house consisting of three deuces and another pair.

Deuces Wild

Deuce-to-Seven Lowball ( poker )

Device

Devil's Bedposts ( poker ) -The four of clubs.

Devil's Number ( bingo ) - 13

Devil's Playthings ( poker ) -Cards.

Dewey ( poker )

Dewey Duck ( poker )

Dfa (general terms ) - District Football Association.

Dha (general terms ) - District Hockey Association.

Di ( blackjack) - 1. The acronym for "Desirability Index". 2. The acronym for Desert Inn, a Las Vegas casino.

Diamond ( poker ) -Any card in the diamonds suit.

Diamond-Back Cards ( poker )

Diamonds ( poker )

Dice ( craps )

Dice Pass ( craps )

Die in the Wood, Roll no Good ( craps ) - One of the dice landed in the players chip rack.

Dig ( poker )

Dime ( poker ) -1) $10, or a $10 bill. 2) $100, or a $100 bill. 3) $1000, particularly in sports betting.

Dime (general terms ) - $1000.00

Dime Bet (general terms ) - A $1000 wager.

Dime Line (general terms )

Dime Store ( poker )

Dime Stores ( poker ) -In any high poker game, two pair, 10s and 5s. Also called five and dime.

Direction ( poker ) -In a high-low split game, which half of the pot, high or low, a player is contesting.

Dirty Gertie ( bingo ) - 30

Dirty Knee ( bingo ) - 33

Discard ( poker )

Discard Buttons (videopoker)

Discard Holder / Discard Rack / Discard Pile / Discard Tray ( blackjack )

Discard Pile ( poker ) -The place on a poker table where the discards go.

Discard Rack (general terms ) - Area of the table where the used cards are placed.

Discards

Disk ( craps )

Dispensing Device ( bingo )

Distance (general terms )

Distributor ( bingo )

Dividend (general terms ) - The return for a single winning unit usually on the tote but bookmakers also offer dividend prices.

Doa (Double Only Any Two Cards) ( blackjack) - Casino rules that allow for doubling on any two playing cards.

Doctor Pepper ( poker ) -A wild-card game with 10s, 4s, and 2s wild. (Those numbers are part of the Dr Pepper logo.)

Doctored Cards ( poker ) -Marked cards.

Doctors Orders ( bingo ) - 9

Dog

Dog Player (general terms ) - A person who usually bets on the underdog.

Dollar ( poker ) -$100 or a $100 bill.

Dollar (general terms ) - $100.

Dollar Bet (general terms ) - A $100 wager.

Dolly Parton ( poker ) -In hold 'em, 9-5 as one's first two cards. From the movie, 9 to 5, in which she starred.

Dominate ( poker )

Dominated ( poker )

Dominated Hand ( poker )

Don’t Come Bet (general terms )

Don’t Pass Bet (general terms )

Don’t Pass Line ( craps ) - The area on the layout where Don’t Pass bets are placed.

Don’t Pass Line (general terms ) - The area on the layout where Don’t Pass Bets are placed.

Donate ( poker ) -Put chips into a pot that one doesn't expect to get back. "Oh, you raised it again? Okay, I'll donate."

Donation ( poker ) -Put chips into a pot that one doesn't expect to get back. "Oh, you raised it again? Okay, I'll donate."

Don't Come ( craps ) - The reverse of Come. You're betting that 7 will come up before the shooters point.

Don't Come Bet ( craps ) - A wager against the dice placed after the come-out roll.

Don't Come Box ( craps ) - The area on the layout where a don't come bet is made.

Don't Pass ( craps ) - A bet made on the come-out roll that the dice will not pass.

Door ( poker ) -1) Door card. 2) The door position in a hand. "I can see what he's got in the door." Also window.

Door Card ( poker ) -A player's first up card in stud games.

Doped Cards ( poker )

Double

Double Action (general terms ) - An "if bet" that is processed if the precedent bet wins, ties or cancels.

Double after Split (Das) ( blackjack) - Casino rules that allow doubling down after the players has split any pair.

Double Ante ( poker )

Double Belly Buster ( poker )

Double Bet (general terms ) - A wager for twice the size of one's usual wager.

Double Carpet (general terms ) - The price of 33-1

Double Deck ( blackjack)

Double Down / Doubling Down ( blackjack)

Double Dynamite Roulette System (roulette) -A combination of Big Number play and sector slicing for short-range play.

Double Exposure 21 ( blackjack)

Double Gutshot ( poker )

Double Hand ( poker ) -Pai gow poker.

Double Header (general terms ) - Two separate baseball games played on the same day for the same two teams.

Double Inside Straight Flush (videopoker)

Double Jackpot ( poker )

Double Limit ( poker )

Double Machines (slots) -Pays double or triple with winning combinations of certain symbols lined up, e.g. Double

Diamond, Triple Diamond, RWB 7's.

Double Nuts ( poker )

Double Odds ( craps )

Double Odds Bet ( craps )

Double Off ( poker )

Double Out (general terms )

Double Qualifier ( poker )

Double Saw on Boxcars ( craps ) - Betting that the next roll will be the total sum of 12 (6&6).

Double Shuffle ( poker )

Double Through ( poker ) -Going all-in against an opponent in order to double your stack if you win the hand.

Double Up

Double Zero (roulette) -Number on the wheel. Green in color. Can be wagered the same way as numbers 1-36.

Double-Ace Flush ( poker )

Double-Barreled Shotgun ( poker )

Double-Dealing ( poker )

Double-Discard ( poker )

Double-Double ( lotto )

Double-Draw London Lowball ( poker )

Double-End Straight ( poker ) -Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end.

Double-Ended Straight ( poker ) -Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end.

Double-Flop Hold 'em ( poker )

Double-Hand Poker Dictionary ( poker ) -Pai gow poker.

Double-Pop ( poker ) -Raising a raise. "I bet, Jim raised it, and Mary double-popped it."

Doubler (slots)

Double-Suited ( poker ) -In Omaha, having just two suits among your four down cards.

Double-Up System of Betting (roulette)

Doubleyou ( poker )

Double-Zero Wheel (roulette)

Doubling For Less ( blackjack)

Douzaine (roulette) -French term for the Dozen Bet.

Down

Down and Dirty

Down Card ( baccarat ) - A face down card.

Down Card ( poker )

Down For Poker

Down on your Knees ( bingo ) - 43

Down Slot (slots) -Slot's average payoff is low.

Down the River ( poker ) -Seven-card stud.

Down the Road ( poker )

Down the Street ( poker )

Down There ( poker )

Down to the Felt ( poker ) -A player who has lost most of his chips.

Down to the Green ( poker )

Down-the-Card (general terms ) - Indicates races at the same meeting

Downtown ( blackjack)

Doyle Brunson ( poker )

Dozen Bet (roulette) -A wager on twelve numbers on the roulette layout at the same time. Numbers 1-12, 13-24, or 25-36.

Drag ( poker )

Drag / Dragging ( blackjack)

Drag Arms ( bingo )

Draw

Draw Card ( poker ) -The card that one has received on the draw.

Draw Dead ( poker )

Draw Down ( poker )

Draw For Deal ( poker ) -Participate in a top-card draw.

Draw For Seats ( poker )

Draw Game ( poker ) -A game in which or a table at which Draw Poker is played.

Draw Live ( poker )

Draw Lowball ( poker ) -A form of poker in which the lowest hand wins.

Draw Out ( poker )

Draw Player ( poker ) -Someone who plays draw poker (usually exclusively, or in preference to other forms of poker).

Draw Poker Dictionary

Draw Ticket ( keno )

Draw to ( poker )

Draw Twice ( poker )

Drawers ( poker )

Drawing Dead ( poker )

Drawing Hand ( poker )

Drawing Snow ( poker )

Drift (general terms )

Drink Pot ( poker )

Driver's Seat ( poker )

Droopy Drawers ( bingo ) - 44

Drop

Drop Box

Drop Cut ( blackjack)

Drop Game ( poker ) -A game in which the house takes a certain amount, called the drop, from every pot.

Drop the Deck ( blackjack)

Drop Through (slots)

Drop-in ( poker )

Dropping / Putting Down ( blackjack) - Putting tokes in the toke box.

Drum ( poker ) -What players sometimes compare a tight player to, as, "He plays tighter than a drum."

Drummer ( poker ) -A conservative or tight player.

Dry ( poker ) -Out of money; broke.

Dry Pot ( poker )

Ds ( blackjack) - 1. See DAS. 2. The acronym for Don Schlesinger, author.

Dso (general terms ) - Divisional Sports Officer.

Dtmc (general terms ) - Domestic Tournament Monitoring Committee.

Ducat ( poker ) -A card; also called ticket. "Shuffle them ducats, and let's deal another one."

Duck ( poker ) -1) Deuce. 2) Manage to escape a situation in which one might have lost a lot of chips.

Duck and Dive ( bingo ) - 25

Due For (general terms ) - A team that is "due for" whether it is a win or a loss; many bettors like to play "due for" situations.

Duke ( blackjack) - A very good hand, a long winning hand at craps.

Duke ( poker )

Dumb End ( poker )

Dummy Up and Deal ( blackjack).

Dummy Up ( poker )

Dumping

Dumping Table ( blackjack) - A table where the dealer is losing frequently and the chip tray is constantly being refilled.

Duplicate Ticket ( keno )

Duplicated ( poker )

Dust ( poker )

Dutch Straight ( poker )