Poker And Gambling Problems Defined For $900,000
Family First Senator Steve Fielding wonders why nearly a million dollars was spent defining problem gambling rather than fixing it. The actual figure is $900,000, the amount spent over a two year period in the efforts of the Ministerial Council on Gambling to define problem gambling. The result? A 28-word definition that critics say could have been gotten for the price of joining in a few poker hands and asking the players.
The Ministerial Council on Gambling is headed by federal Family and Community Services Minister Kay Patterson and has representatives form territories and states…
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Poker talk:
- POCKET PAIR - Generic Hold'em term for 2 hole cards of the same rank.
- FREEROLL - [1] A poker tournament that does not charge a buy-in fee; players must earn buy-in credits through previous play at the same establishment. [2] Having a lock on part of a pot (sure to win a greater fraction of the pot than one is betting) and playing to win more or all of it.
- HOLE CARDS - In Stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
- READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
- EXPECTATION - The long-run [dis-]advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win [lose] on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.
- CAP - To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
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