Catawba Indians lose bid for video poker
The Catawba Indian Nation suffered another setback Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the South Carolina tribe’s bid to have video poker machines on their reservation. The U.S. Supreme Court refused, without comment, to hear the tribe’s appeal of a South Carolina Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that a state ban on video poker applies to tribal lands. The tribe had contended its …
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- STRAIGHT - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence but not in suit.
- ONE-EYED - The jack of hearts, jack of spades or king of diamonds. So named because the characters are drawn in profile, thus showing only one eye.
- KICKER TROUBLE - Not having as high a kicker as an opponent.
- TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand. E.g., constantly looking at one's hole cards is often a tell of a poor hand. (Some players, knowing this, will at times check their hole cards when they have a great hand and don't need to look.)
- BUTTON CHARGE - A periodic fee paid by whoever is the button, perhaps every 20 minutes or 30 minutes. Constitutes part or all of the HOUSE CUT.
- STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session. Compare: BANKROLL.
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