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Poker (in any casino) is raked in some way, either by seat fee or by pot rake, so the game is stacked against you.

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Quick take

A public building or room for gambling.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of casino gathered in one view.

noun

A public building or room for gambling.

noun

A town in the Richmond Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia

noun

(uncountable) A certain Italian card game for two to four players.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for casino.

noun

A town in the Richmond Valley council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia

See also: cassino, gambling-casino

noun

(countable) Any of certain cards with special meanings in this game.

See also: cassino, gambling-casino

Example sentences

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Poker (in any casino) is raked in some way, either by seat fee or by pot rake, so the game is stacked against you.

2

People who only played live (in person at a casino) their entire career might only play 50k-200k hands.

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Or like Casino Royale, where he's tortured to the point that he loses the ability to have children?

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You don't think an unregulated casino could stage wins to make it look like it was giving payouts?

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They have a few of the top games in the social casino category on both iOS and Android.

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One for daily travel and one to travel say from LA to LV just to play some casino games.

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Blackjack is somewhat unique among casino games in that your skill can have a dramatic impact on your results.

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For instance, it makes good business sense for a casino to advertise their 94.64% slot return since they still have an edge.

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I don't understand what the point is in living one's life neither in leisure nor in actual work, but instead in acting as a chief of the capital casino.

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A few years ago I was contracting for a company that had a Native American Casino as a client.

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I was thinking about classic casino games that are pure games of chance (where my statement would be correct).

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Blackjack, video poker and some bets on craps are the only times in a casino where the house edge shrinks to below 1%.

Quote examples

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"1% may not sound like a lot, but it's more than the typical casino edge in a game of blackjack or slots." The house edge for slots games is anywhere from 2% to 15%+ and is one of the worst bets you can make in the casino.

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> if you had a 100% guarantee that the casino would pay with no upper bound That's kind of like saying "If you could travel faster than the speed of light..." Paying without an upper bound is no less a violation of the laws of physics in a finite universe.

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* One time I was almost pulled out of my car because they confused "I work at the casino" with "I won at the casino." The guy asked me how much money I had on me, and got pissed off when I told him, "I dunno, maybe $5 in change." (The odd thing about this was that he and his 'partner' were wandering around through the mess of cars backed up over the bridge going into Canada.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use casino in a sentence?

Poker (in any casino) is raked in some way, either by seat fee or by pot rake, so the game is stacked against you.

What does casino mean?

A public building or room for gambling.

What part of speech is casino?

casino is commonly used as noun.