Gambling

Gambling

The activity or practice of betting or playing a game of chance for money or other stakes. Gambling activities include horse racing, slot machines, boxing, playing-card and dice games, cockfighting, recreational billiards and darts, bingo, lottery, and many others.

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Omaha hold'em

Gambling; Casinos

A community card poker game similar to Texas hold 'em, where each player is dealt four cards and must make his or her best hand using exactly two of them, plus exactly three of ...

poker

Gambling; Casinos

A family of card games involving betting and individualistic play whereby the winner is determined by the ranks and combinations of their cards, some of which remain hidden until ...

World Series of Poker (WSOP)

Gambling; Casinos

A series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas and, since 2005, sponsored by Caesars Entertainment (known as Harrah's Entertainment until 2010). It dates its origins to ...

blackjack

Gambling; Casinos

Blackjack, also known as twenty-one, is the most widely played casino banking game in the world. Blackjack is a comparing card game between a player and dealer and played with one ...

Texas hold'em

Gambling; Casinos

A variation of the standard card game of poker. The game consists of two cards being dealt face down to each player and then five community cards being placed face-up by the ...

action

Gambling; Casinos

This refers to the total amount of money you're going to put into play. This is an important term because it factors into that which is required to cash in a bonus.

cashback

Gambling; Casinos

Within the context of online gambling, this is a rebate you are given back on money that you lose in the casino, usually as part of a bonus program or promotion.