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- GEORGE
- A good tipper.
- GREEN
- The most common colour used for $25 chips.
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- HAND
- Refers to the cards that you hold, or to everything that happens in a card game between shuffles of the deck.
- HARD HAND

- In blackjack, any hand that does not contain an ace valued at eleven.
- HIGH POKER
- Standard poker, as compared to low poker or lowball. In high poker, high hands win.
- HIGH ROLLER
- A big bettor.
- HIT
- In blackjack, to take another card. The card received is also called a hit.
- HOLD'EM
- A class of poker games
- HOLDING YOUR OWN
- Breaking even
- HOLE CARD
- In blackjack, the facedown card that the dealer gets. In stud and hold'em poker, the facedown cards dealt to each player.
- HORN BET
- A one-roll bet that combines the 2, 3, 11, and 12.
- HOT
- A player who is on a winning streak, or a slot machine that is paying out.
- HOUSE EDGE
- 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
- A roulette bet placed on any number, or small combination of numbers.
- INSIDE STRAIGHT
- In poker, four cards of a straight where the straight can only be completed one way.
- INSURANCE
- 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
- A big win on a slot machine.
- JOKER
- The 53rd card in a deck, sometimes used as a wild card.
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- KENO BOARD
- A large electronic board that displays the winning keno numbers.
- KENO LOUNGE
- The main area within a casino where keno is played.
- KENO RUNNER
- A casino employee who shuttles your keno bet from wherever you are to the keno writer, and also delivers payment for winning tickets.
- KICKER
- 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.
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- LET IT RIDE
- A poker game.
- LIMIT
- In poker, any game that has a fixed limit on how much you can bet or raise in each round.
- LOAD UP
- To play the maximum number of coins per spin that a slot machine or video game will allow.
- LOOSE
- Slot machines are loose when they are paying off and giving the house only a small advantage over the player.
- LOW POKER
- Also called lowball, is poker in which the pot is awarded to the hand with the lowest poker value.
- LUMPY
- A break-in dealer. Called this because their dealing is not smooth.
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