Italy to auction off 17,000
Italy’s astonishing but very welcome about-face on Internet gambling has caught the attention of major industry companies, with reports of household names in the business all vying for a slice of the Italian action by applying for some of the estimated 17 000 licenses the Italian government is to issue.
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Useful poker information:
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
- BLANK - Used in describing stud and Hold'em games. Refers to a dealt card that does not offer any value; stating the actual rank and suit would detract from a description of the hand. "The last card was a blank.".
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. E.g., 4-5-6-8 is an inside straight since only a 7 will fill (i.e., complete) the hand. Often called a GUT-SHOT. Compare: BOBTAIL STRAIGHT, OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT.
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