Chingona

February 2nd, 2009

Chingona is a dice game played by two or more players, using five poker dice and a cup. It is usually played to decide who is to pay for the next round of drinks, but betting can also be involved.
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Rules of Chingona

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Fixed Odds Betting Terminals

January 28th, 2009

Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) are computerised machines normally found in betting shops which allow players to bet on the outcome of various games and events with Fixed Odds. They were introduced to UK shops in 2002, shortly after the abolition of the Betting Tax in October 2001.The most commonly played [...]

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Seven twenty-seven

January 24th, 2009

Seven Twenty-Seven is a vying game similar in some respects to poker, and often played as a “dealer’s choice” variant at home poker games. It uses the same equipment and betting system, but the value of hands does not use traditional poker hand rankings, either high or low. Rather, only the sum [...]

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Daily double

November 11th, 2008

A daily double is a type of wager offered by horse and dog racing tracks. It requires bettors to select the winners of two consecutive races. Because of the increased difficulty of picking two straight winners, wining daily double bets often pay off at relatively high odds.The daily double was the first [...]

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Dead pool

November 9th, 2008

A dead pool, or deathpool is a game of prediction which involves guessing when someone will die. Sometimes it is a bet where money is involved. The combination of dead or death and betting-pool, refers to such a gambling arrangement. A typical modern dead pool might have players pick out celebrities [...]

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Calcutta Auction

October 28th, 2008

A Calcutta Auction is an open auction held in conjunction with a golf tournament, horse race, or similar contest with multiple entrants. It is popular in Backgammon and is currently enjoying rising popularity for NCAA Basketball pools during March Madness.Bidding for each contestant begins in random order, with only one contestant [...]

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Bourré

October 18th, 2008

Bourré (also commonly known as Bouré and Boo-Ray) is a trick-taking gambling card game primarily played in the Acadiana region of Louisiana in the United States of America. The game’s closest relatives are probably Spades and Poker; like many regional games, Bourré sports a large number of variant rules for both [...]

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Betting odds slang

October 1st, 2008

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 - Nevs
8/1 - T.H.
9/1 - Enin
10/1 - Cockle, Net
11/10 - Tips
33/1 - Double Carpet
100/30 - Burlington Bertie

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Asian handicap

September 28th, 2008

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 gained increased popularity over the last few years and is now offered [...]

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Top Gambling News, September 23th, 2008

September 23rd, 2008

Get real on web gambling
Kansas City Star, MO
Rick’s Gambling & Tourism column in today’s Star Business Weekly looks at the US’s untenable position in the worldwide on-line gambling industry. …
State cracks down on Net gambling
Kentucky.com, KY
By Jack Brammer FRANKFORT — Kentucky is commandeering 141 domain names of Internet gambling sites in [...]

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