House Panel Approves Internet Gambling Ban
WASHINGTON (Reuters)—The U.S. House Judiciary Committee approved legislation on Thursday aimed at banning Internet gambling, an estimated $12 billion industry.The measure would update and expand existing law to cover all forms of interstate gambling in the United States and would bar a gambling business from accepting payment in the form of credit cards, checks, wire and Internet transfers.It would also prohibit gambling on an estimated 2,300 Internet gambling sites, many run by offshore compani
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Poker slang:
- POSITION - One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand. First position is first to act.
- OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight which can be completed by drawing a card at either end. E.g., 6-7-8-9 is an open-ended straight. Also: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT. Compare: INSIDE STRAIGHT.
- TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
- ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
- PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
- LIVE [CARD] - In Stud, a card probably not held by other players.
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