Lawmaker Calls For FBI To Investigate Video Poker In Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania lawmaker asked the FBI to investigate the state’s illegal video poker industry. Rep. Curt Schroder, R-Chester, said in the letter that the existence of some 17,000 illegal video gambling devices suggests widespread tax evasion.
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Poker slang:
- 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.
- MARKED CARDS - Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
- DEAD MONEY - Money contributed to the pot by players who have folded.
- DOOR [CARD] - A player's first upcard in stud games.
- 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.".
- 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.
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