Gambling regulators not ready for video poker
The state’s top gambling regulator said today it will be “absolutely impossible” to meet a mid-September deadline for drafting rules needed to roll out legalized video poker around Illinois. State Gaming Board Chairman Aaron Jaffe, speaking at the oversight panel’s monthly meeting, said the legalization of video poker and other electronic games is “a completely different ball game,” than …
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Poker dictionary:
- SPLIT [OPENERS] - In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush. Normally requires the opener to declare the act and retain the discards so that the act of opening can later be validated.
- 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.
- LIVE BLIND - The last and largest blind bet may or may not be LIVE. If LIVE, the blind bettor has the option of "raising" his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him. This is normal, and is sometimes referred to as "blinds are live".
- TRIP - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
- IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
- FLOP - [1] In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously. [2] To deal a flop, or to make a hand on a flop. "I flopped trips".
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