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Video Poker Machine Talk Part14
True Count: The adjusted count at blackjack that reflects the count per remaining decks.
True Odds: The actual probability of an event happening.
Twenty-One: Another name for blackjack.
Two Pair: A hand at poker consisting of two separate pairs.
Underground Joint: An illegal casino.
Unfavorable Deck: A deck in blackjack that favors the casino. Up Card: Any card that is dealt face up.
Variable Programming: A type of programming that allows the computer to stop a hand that is about to be dealt in favor of a different hand. This is done to prevent big winning hands from appearing their theoretical number of times. One of the methods used for cheatingor "fixing" a video-poker machine to have it perform as a slot machine.
Vic: A sucker. Short for victim.
Vig or Vigorish: The casino tax on a bet. Also known as juice.
Virgin Principle: The superstition that a beginner will have luck. Also known as beginner's luck.
Volatility: The tendency of a video-poker game to have many losing sessions punctuated by explosive winning sessions.
Wager: Another term for a bet.
Wash: One bet cancels out another bet.
Wild Card: A card that can be used for any other card in a game. Working Bet: A bet at craps that is at risk.
Wrong Bettor: A player who bets against the shooter and with the seven.
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Video Poker Machine Talk Part12
Running Count: In blackjack, the raw count that has not been divided (or multipled) by the number of decks remaining.
Rush: A quick winning streak.
Scam: Any scheme to defraud a casino or player.
Scared Money: Money a player can't afford to lose. Also known as perspiration pennies.
Secondary Decision Programming: A type of programming that allows the computer to stop a hand that is about to be dealt in favor of a different hand. This is done to prevent big winning hands from appearing their theoretical number of times. One of the methods used for cheating or "fixing" a video-poker machine to have it perform as a slot machine. Also called variable programming.
Serial Dealing: In video poker the cards will be dealt as they come off the top of the deck. When you discard a card, the replacement card has not already been selected but will be the next card off the top of the deck. This is the opposite of parallel dealing.
Session: A given period of play at a casino. Usually terminated at a predetermined time, or at a certain level of wins or losses.
Seven Out: For a shooter at craps to roll a seven before repeating his point number.
Shift Boss: The individual in charge of the casino during a given work shift.
Shoot: To roll the dice.
Shooter: The person who rolls the dice. In video craps, it's the machine's programing that rolls the "dice."
The Short End: The side of a bet that has to pay off less than it will win.
Short Odds: Less than the true odds payoff of a bet.
Short Run: The limited amount of time during any given session when probability theory will seemingly be skewed by streaks or fluctuations.
Shuffle up: Technique used to thwart card counters. Dealer will shuffle after every deal or when a player enters a game and bets big money. Can't be employed at video blackjack.
Single-Deck Blackjack: The best game in the casino if the rules are standard. Most video-blackjack games are single-deck games.
Single Odds: The ability of a player to place an amount equal to his Pass Line or Come bet in odds that will be paid off at the true odds for the number. Usually not avilable at video craps.
Sleeper: A winning bet at craps that the player has forgotten about. Quite often the player will leave a table and the bet will remain until it is lost or some player or dealer takes it. Sleeper bets can be found on machines when players fail to cash out their credits at the end of play
Slot Arcade: A casino devoted exclusively to slot machines and video-poker machines.
Slot Floor: Areas devoted to slot machines in a casino.
Slot Mix: Slot machines and video-poker machines of different denominations and of different percentages in the slot area.
Slug: A group of cards that have been prearranged in a given order. Also, a piece of rounded metal inserted into a slot machine that mimics a coin.
Snake Eyes: The two at craps.
Snapper: An archaic term for a blackjack. A red snapper is a blackjack composed of two red cards.
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