Congress considers restrictions on Internet gambling
Millions of Americans do it regularly, even though the Justice Department says they’re supporting an illegal enterprise.Major corporations are looking at ways to make a profit from it, even though Congress is eyeing tougher restrictions.The subject is Internet wagering, a $12 billion-a-year industry in which politics, morals, profits, individual rights and world trade issues merge and sometimes collide head-on.This week or next, the U.S. House of Representatives is likely to vote on legislation
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Poker jargon:
- RAINBOW - In flop games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit. "The flop was A 9 7 rainbow."
- THIRD STREET - In Stud, the third card dealt to each player.
- FLAT CALL - To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
- TOKE - Gambling term for "tip", as in "Toke the cocktail waitress". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
- PASSED OUT. - A hand in which nobody opens. What happens next is a function of the game being played.
- OFFSUIT - Not of the same suit. "I held A-Q offsuit" or "The flop was 10-6-2 offsuit". When speaking of 5 or more cards, not all/ of the same suit, i.e., no flush, as in "button had A-K-10-8-7 offsuit."
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