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Terms G - L
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Green
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The most common color used for $25 chips.
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Hand
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Refers to the cards that you hold, or to everything that happens in a card game between shuffles of the deck.
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Hard Hand
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In blackjack, any hand that does not contain an ace valued at eleven.
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High Poker
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Standard poker, as compared to low poker or lowball. In high poker, high hands win.
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High Roller
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A big bettor.
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Hit
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In blackjack, to take another card. The card received is also called a hit.
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Hold 'Em
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A class of poker games.
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Holding Your
Own
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Breaking even.
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Hole Card
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In blackjack, the facedown card that the dealer gets. In stud and hold 'em poker, the facedown cards dealt to each player.
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Hot
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A player who is on a winning streak, or a slot machine that is paying out.
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House Edge
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The percentage of each bet that you make that the house takes in. Winning bets are
paid off at less than the true odds to generate income for the house.
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Inside Bets
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A roulette bet placed on any number, or small combination of numbers.
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Inside Straight
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In poker, four cards of a straight where the straight can only be completed one way. This is also called
a gutshot straight draw.
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Insurance
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In blackjack, a side bet that the dealer has a natural. Insurance is offered only when the dealers up card is an
ace. The insurance bet wins double if the dealer has a natural, but loses if the dealer does not.
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Jackpot
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A big win on a slot machine.
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Joker
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The 53rd card in a deck, sometimes used as a wild card.
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Keno Board
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A large electronic board that displays the winning keno numbers.
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Keno Lounge
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The main area within a casino where keno is played.
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Keno Runner
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A casino employee who shuttles your keno bet from wherever you are to the keno writer, and also delivers
payment for winning tickets.
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Kicker
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In a draw poker game, an odd high card held that doesn't contribute to a straight
or a flush, usually an ace or a king. Also, in hold 'em a kicker can be used as a higher card to win the hand.
Say Ace 10 vs. Ace King. If both players pair their Ace the Ace King hand would win the pot.
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Limit
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In poker, any game that has a fixed limit on how much you can bet or raise in each round.
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Load Up
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To play the maximum number of coins per spin that a slot machine or video game will allow.
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Loose
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Slot machines are loose when they are paying off and giving the house only a small advantage over the player.
Loose can also be applied to a poker players playing style. Loose players tend to fish for cards, get involved in pots
more often, and are willing to gamble more overall.
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Low Poker
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Also called lowball, is poker in which the pot is awarded to the hand with the lowest poker value.
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