Games terms starting with D

37 terms

  1. d'Alembert Betting System A system of betting where you increase your bet by one unit after a loss and decrease your bet by one unit after a win.
  2. DD Direct Damage. This is a spell that does all of its damage in one hit rather than spreading its damage over time.
  3. De Buff - A negative spell cast on a unit that makes it less powerful. An example of a "de-buff" is Slow.
  4. Dead Table A table that is manned and ready for action but has no players.
  5. Deal To give out the cards during a hand.
  6. Dealer Dealers, or principals, buy and sell securities for their own accounts, adding liquidity to the marketplace and seeking to profit from the spread between…
  7. Dealing seconds A dealer cheating method. The dealer deals the 2nd card from the top if the top card would help the player.
  8. Deck penetration The percentage of cards played out of a deck or a shoe before reshuffling.
  9. Derniere A French term for last and refers to the last group of 12 numbers in the Dozen Bet.
  10. Discard Tray A tray on the dealer’s right side that holds all the cards that have been played or discarded.
  11. Discards The cards that have already been played and thrown away.
  12. DM Dire Maul or Deadmines (if in Westfall)
  13. DMG Damage
  14. Dog Shortened form of "underdog."
  15. Dolly Unlike the French roulette where the croupier simply points with the stick on the winning number on the table, in the American roulette the croupier uses…
  16. Dominated Hand A hand that will almost always lose to a better hand that people usually play. For instance, K3 is "dominated" by KQ.
  17. DOT Damage over time
  18. Double Up System of Betting - A betting system whereby bets are doubled after a loss in hopes of recouping the previous loss.
  19. Double deck Blackjack played out of two decks which are shuffled together. (As opposed to single deck, four deck, six deck, eight deck, etc.)
  20. Double Down To double the initial bet and take one and exactly one more card. Usually doubling down is only allowed after the first two cards are dealt.
  21. Double Down (Doubling Down) Double your initial bet following the initial two-card deal, but you can hit one card only.
  22. Double Dynamite Roulette System A combination of Big Number play and sector slicing for short-range play.
  23. Double exposure A blackjack variant where both of the dealer's cards are played face up. Usually players lose all pushes and blackjack pays even money in this variant.
  24. Double zero or 00 is only present in American Roulette
  25. Douzaine French term for the Dozen Bet.
  26. Down Card this is a face down card.
  27. Downtown Vegas The older area of Vegas. The casinos in Downtown Vegas generally offer better rules for the player, and the phrase is used to refer to blackjack games…
  28. Dozen Bet A bet on one of the sequences of 12 numbers on the layout.
  29. DPS Damage per second
  30. DR Diminishing Returns. Used to describe something that reduces slowly over time on consecutive repetitions of the same action.
  31. Dragon Hand this is hand that is dealt to an empty seat at the table.
  32. Draw Same as to hit. Taking additional cards in an attempt to get closer to a total of 21.
  33. Draw Dead Trying to make a hand that, even if made, will not win the pot. If you're drawing to make a flush, and your opponent already has a full house, you are…
  34. Drop The total wagered in a casino.
  35. Drop Box A box where money is dropped after the player cashes into a game and receives his chips. The box is usually located under the table.
  36. Drop Loot An item that is obtained via monster drops (as opposed to being player-made).
  37. Dumping A casino table that is losing money to the players.