Sabot (Chemin de Fer)	:	The French term for the shoe.
Scam	:	A slang term for a cheating scheme.
Scared Money	:	Inadequate money used for gambling purposes.
Seven-Out (Craps)	:	The roll of a 7 after a point has been established, ending the shooter's roll with a loss.
Shift Boss	:	A casino executive who is in charge of the entire casino during one whole shift.
Shifts	:	The casino personnel work periods, usually divided into three shifts-day, swing, and graveyard, each of eight hours' duration.
Shill	:	A house employee who sits at a gaming table to stimulate action and plays with the casino's money, making meaningless bets to create the semblance of action. Also called a starter.
Shimmy	:	The American slang expression for chemin de fer.
Shoe:	:	A device that holds several decks of cards and enables the dealer to slide out cards easily one at a time.
Shoot (Craps)	:	A complete series of rolls until the thrower of the dice sevens out.
Shooter (Craps)	:	The person throwing the dice at a craps table.
Shuffle Up (Blackjack)	:	See Reshuffle
Shylock	:	A person, usually connected with the underworld, who lends money at exorbitant and illegal rates.
Side Game	:	A term for games such as big six, chuck-a-luck, and under and over seven, which are rarely played or not available in all casinos.
Single-Deck Game (Blackjack)	:	A game in which only one deck is used.
Single-Session Bankroll	:	The amount of money a player brings to a gaming table for one session of play.
Sixain (Roulette)	:	The French term for a six numbers bet.
Six Numbers Bet(Roulette)	:	An inside combination bet on six numbers at one time.
Slots, Slot Machines	:	Metal gambling devices that players activate by inserting one or several coins and pulling the handle. The machines automatically collect and pay off bets.
Snapper (Blackjack)	:	The slang term for a blackjack.
Soft Hand, Soft Total (Blackjack)	:	A hand in which the ace is valued at 11 in figuring the total of the hand. An ace, 7 is a soft 18.
Special Chips	:	Casino chips not of standard colors, which cannot be redeemed by the player, but must be played out.
Specials, Special Tickets (Keno)	:	Nonstandard keno tickets with special prices and payoffs.
Split Bet (Roulette)	:	An inside combination bet on two numbers at the same time.
Splitting Pairs (Blackjack)	:	The player's option to separate cards of equal rank, such as pairs, and play each hand separately. For splitting purposes 10-value cards are considered pairs.
Split Ticket (Keno)	:	A ticket with which a player can play two or more groups of numbers separately.
Spot (Keno)	:	The term to denote the amount of numbers selected by the player for each individual play or payoff-for example, a four-spot.
Stand Pat (Blackjack)	:	The player's decision not to hit his hand.
Starter	:	See Shill
Stickman (Craps)	:	The dealer who calls the game and handles the stick during the game.
Stiff, Stiff Hand (Blackjack)	:	A hand containing a hard total of 12 or more points, in danger of busting if hit.
Straight (Video Poker)	:	Five consecutive cards, but not of the same suit. For purposes of a straight, the ace can be the lowest or highest card of a straight sequence, such as 5432AorAKQJ10.
Straight Flush (Video Poker)	:	Five cards in sequence and of the same suit.
Straight Slots (Slots)	:	Machines that pay out in fixed amounts and whose jackpots never vary.
Straight Ticket (Keno)	:	The simplest and most common ticket, in which a player selects from one to fifteen spots or numbers:
Straight Up Bet (Roulette)	:	A wager on a single number, paid off at 35-1.
Strip	:	See Las Vegas Strip
Symbols	:	Markings on various games, such as slots and big six wheels.
Systems	:	Progressive betting methods used in an attempt to overcome the house advantage. The most common feature increased bets after each loss.