City Considers New Fee For Video Poker Machines

Baltimore officials are looking at taking a bigger cut from the illegal video poker machines that proliferate in city bars.

PROP - Also PROPOSITION PLAYER. An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players. Unlike SHILLs "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money, winning or losing based on their skill.
MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
BURN - To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing, usually done for every dealing round except the first. The theory being that if somehow the cards are marked (illegally) no one will know what card will next be dealt, only what card will be burned. This makes marked cards less of an advantage, hence tends to reduce cheating.
READ - To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. An inexact science.
FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a (different) pair.

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