Housie

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Housie is a gambling game played in New Zealand, Australia and the UK, where it is called Bingo. Players mark off numbers on a ticket as they are randomly called out, in order to achieve a winning combination.It is not … Read More

Liar’s poker

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Liar’s poker is a bar game that combines statistical reasoning with bluffing, and is played with the eight-digit serial number on a dollar bill. Normally the game is played with a stack of random bills obtained from the cash register.The … Read More

Mass of Media: Sarah Palin

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Sarah Louise Heath Palin (born February 11, 1964) is the governor of Alaska and the Republican vice-presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election. She was a member of the Wasilla, Alaska, city council from 1992 to 1996 and … Read More

Gamblers Anonymous

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Gamblers Anonymous is an international organization of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other to solve their common problem and help others to recover from a gambling problem.The only requirement for GA membership is … Read More

Betting odds slang

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Betting odds slang is a series of words used to describe particular common fractional odds. Evens – Levels, Scotch 2/1 – Bottle 3/1 – Carpet, Gimmel 4/1 – Rouf 5/1 – Hand 5/2 – Face 6/1 – X’s 7/1 – … Read More

Mass of Media: Banking crisis in Europe

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UPDATE 1-ECB’s Nowotny: no systemic banking crisis in Europe Reuters VIENNA, Sept 30 (Reuters) – Europe’s banking sector is not in a systemic crisis and does not need a bailout similar to the one planned in the United States, … … Read More

Poker Hall of Fame

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The Poker Hall of Fame is a group of poker players who have played poker well against top competition for high stakes over a long period of time. Originally established by the Horseshoe Casino, membership is now awarded by Harrah’s … Read More

Asian handicap

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An Asian Handicap is a sports betting term used to describe spread betting in football (soccer). Described as Asian because of its Eastern origins, the phrase has little else to do with the region. This form of soccer betting has … Read More

Casino token

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One dollar chips from various Las Vegas casinos. Casino tokens are little colored metal or plastic discs utilized in gambling establishments. There are two most important forms of tokens employed in casinos: multicolor tokens of numerous denominations known as chips, … Read More

Baccarat Banque

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In Baccarat Chemin de Fer, it will have been noticed that a given bank only continues so long as the banker wins. So soon as he loses, it passes to another player. In Baccarat Banque the position of banker is … Read More

Ace invaders

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Ace Invaders is a three line video poker game produced by International Gaming Technology. The game plays like other multi line video poker games except the bottom line is a Bonus Poker game, while the top two lines are both … Read More

Progressive jackpot

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A progressive jackpot is a jackpot (highest payoff) for a gaming machine (usually a slot machine or video poker machine) where the value of the jackpot increases a small amount for every game played. Normally multiple machines are “linked” together … Read More

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