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Waco "21 Black Jack". This is a Radio Shack battery operated game (made in Japan) that has 5 buttons and a slot machine type handle. You press two red buttons to pick your first two cards and then you press up to three more buttons to hit your hand. You can't simulate the dealer unless you use another game unit. Splitting pairs doesn't work too well either.

wager. See bet.

warp. A way in which a card may be bent due to the policies of dealing and dealer checking for naturals. Aces and ten-valued cards can sometimes be distinguishable from other cards by their warps. See warp play.
[78 Wong Winning Without Counting]
[90 Patterson Blackjack: A Winning Handbook 75]

warp play. {WPS}. (Stanford Wong). The strategy of using information from warped or bent cards to play the hand. Warp play is usually possible only if dealers peek under tens and aces.
[78 Wong Winning Without Counting 111]
[92 Wong Basic Blackjack]

wash. 1) When a fresh pack (or packs) of cards is removed from a sealed package and introduced into play through a predetermined procedure. Washing by itself will usually not randomly mix the cards but rather will clump families of cards together. 2) In casinos that use plastic cards, they literally wash the cards at the end of each shift or day.
[1/88 Moore Why the Wash Doesn't... GT 34]

Washington. Low limit blackjack is legal in many pubs and taverns in this state.

Washington Rules. TBD

Wasserman, Dr. John.  One of the many aliases Ken Uston used during his blackjack career.   See Daniel Saunders.
[79 Uston One Third of a Shoe]
[4/16/79 Sports Illustrated]

Watson Sum-Plus-One. {TCS}. See Sum-Plus-One.

WCB. An NBJ acronym for world class blackjack.

Web. See Internet.

WGBJB. Acronym for Humble and Cooper's book The World's Greatest Blackjack Book.

whale. A casino expression for a high-roller with lots of money to gamble.  We are talking lots of money here folks.

white belt. (GB) A reference to one of the restricted member's only pages on Arnold Snyder's Blackjack Forum web site. See green belt.
[ http://www.rge21.com ]

wild card. See jokers.

Wilson, Allan. See Wilson Point-Count.

Wilson Point-Count. {PCS/L1}. (WPC) (Allan Wilson). Significant preliminary work in developing a winning blackjack strategy. Generally unknown until 1965.

BC = -.79 PE = .02

[70 Wilson Casino Gambler's Guide]

win. As in to win a hand. On average, the basic strategy player will win about 43% of all hands played. See lose and push.

Win At Blackjack System. See Grant System.

Win Cards. {BS}. (1987). Gaming International, Stateline, NV. These are plastic basic strategy spin cards for beginners and often distributed within major casinos. Cards are available for blackjack, craps, and roulette. These cards, as well as other strategy charts offered by casinos, have typically been incorrect in many plays, although the mistakes generally are of a minor nature.
[3/89 Blackjack Confidential 28]

win/loss. As in win/loss ratio.  A mathematical term that reflects the ratio between the total amount of wins divided by the total amount of losses.

win rate. A player's long-run expectation. Generally expressed in dollars/hour, dollars/hands played or in percent form. See casino win rate.

window. A spooking term for the space through which the value of the dealer's hole-card is seen, usually (with a right-handed dealer) between the left side of the dealer's body and his left upper-arm.
[81 Uston Million Dollar Blackjack 322]

Winning Blackjack. {BS}. (Wayne Young)
[88 Watson Beating Casino's Blackjack 92]

Winning Gambler's Pocket Computer. {BS}. (c1979) (Stanley Roberts) Scientific Research Services, Hollywood, CA. Consisted of pre-printed tables that reveal the correct strategy of play when the user pulls the card forward or backward.
[79 Casino & Sports Vol.8,69]

wired. To have a good hand such as a 20.
[81 Uston Million Dollar Blackjack 322]

Wisconsin. At time of writing, there were over a dozen Indian reservation casinos in this state that offer blackjack.

Wisconsin rules. TBD

women. See female players.

Wong, Stanford.  Also known as John Ferguson.  Author of several blackjack books including Professional Blackjack, Blackjack Secrets, and Basic Blackjack.  Publisher of Current Blackjack News.  Editor of the Blackjack Pages website.   See Reports.
[ http://www.bj21.com ]

Wong, Wonging. {CS}. A method of betting coined by Atlantic City card counters in the late 70's after the style of play blackjack expert Stanford Wong proposed and used. Wonging refers to back counting at a table until the count is very positive. A single bet (or a few sequences of bets) is then made at or near the table maximum. A bet spread is therefore not required since all bets are made when the count is strongly positive. See hit and run. See table hopping.
[81 Wong Professional Blackjack 68]
[83 Snyder Blackbelt in Blackjack 66]
[93 Wong Blackjack Secrets]

Wong High-Low. {PCS/L1}. (Stanford Wong) (c1977). See Hi-Lo.

BC = .97 PE = .51

Wong Halves. {PCS/L3}. (Stanford Wong) (c1977).

BE = .99 PE = .57

[81 Wong Professional Blackjack]

Word Association. A team play term refering to the use of associated words or phrases with the running count. For example, a spotter might signal a big player to the table and then make a comment. That comment will have a word or phrase that discloses the count to the player.

WPC. Acronym for Wilson Point Count.

W.W. System. {PBS}. TBD

W/L. An abbreviation for win/loss.

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