Horseracing industry bought carve-outs from Rep. senators
One of the more interesting news stories flowing from the US attempt to disrupt financial channels to the online gambling industry was carried by the British newspaper The Independent this week. According to the newspaper, the American horse racing industry doled out the big bucks to ensure that it was exempt from the online gambling financial restrictions that Congress seeks to impose.
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Casino poker language:
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- BIG SLICK - In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
- SPLIT [OPENERS] - In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush. Normally requires the opener to declare the act and retain the discards so that the act of opening can later be validated.
- NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
- ACTION - Money that is being bet. "NO ACTION" means a hand or game has few bettors and fewer raisers. "Gimme some action" is ostensibly a plea for calls and raises.
- RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
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