Opinion: Online Gaming: The Sky Isn’t Falling….Yet
Yesterday’s announcement by Neteller that it was withdrawing its online gaming funding services to US residents marked a critical disruption in the online gaming food chain. And it is likely that other funding companies…
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Casino poker language:
- FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
- RUSH - A winning streak. Also "ON A RUSH".
- DEALER'S CHOICE - In home games, a rule that permits the dealer to name which poker game to be played that hand. Often limited to selecting from a list provided.
- BIG BLIND - A blind bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the SMALL BLIND. In limit poker, the BIG BLIND is usually the size of the minimum bet on the first round of betting.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- SPREAD LIMIT - A variation on fixed limit wherein the minimum and maximum bets are different. A 1-4-8 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds and 1-8 in the last round. A 1-4-8-16 game allows bets from 1 to 4 in the early rounds, 1 to 8 in the next-to-last round, and 1 to 16 in the last round.
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