croupier
Noun
Meaning
One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.
One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman.
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At the start of the game, the croupier and then all players shuffle the cards in play order.
By placing bets on a roulette wheel - at a predetermined time - with a croupier in on the scheme - money is transferred with information without any outside bettors being aware.
In midi punto, the table is only staffed by a single croupier and is generally smaller.
In the event of his losing, the croupier pays the punters in order of rotation, so far as the funds in the bank will extend; beyond this, they have no claim.
Play begins to the right of the croupier and continues counterclockwise.
The croupier, having shuffled the cards, hands them for the same purpose to the players to the right and left of him, the banker being entitled to shuffle them last, and to select the person by whom they shall be cut.