Tribe can operate video poker, judge says
A judge in Columbia has ruled the Catawba Indian Nation has the right to operate a video poker establishment on the tribe’s land in York County.
Under a 1993 land settlement under which the tribe was repaid for the loss of 144,000 acres of land in upstate South Carolina, the tribe was given the right to operate 2 gaming establishments, one in York County and one elsewhere in the state.
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Poker lexicon:
- FLAT LIMIT - A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
- RIDER BACK (TM) - A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games. Compare: BEE No. 92.
- EVEN-MONEY - A bet that pays off exactly the amount wagered. E.g., "Double or nothing" is an even-money bet.
- LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum. Ant.: NO-LIMIT POKER.
- FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
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