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Gambling Dictionary
Fink - A stool pigeon or
informer.
Firing - A player who is
wagering large amounts of money.
First Base - The first seat
nearest the shoe in Blackjack. This position is dealt with first.
Fish: An unexperienced player
who does not know how to win.
Fishing - A player who stays in
a poker game longer than advisable generally is fishing for the card or
two that will make the hand a winner.
Five Number Bet - A bet only
possible on the double zero roulette games which includes 00,0,1,2,3
and has the highest house edge of 7.89%.
Fix - To bribe.
Flat Betting - betting the same
amount on each wager.
Flat Store - Any gaming
operation that is dishonest.
Flat Top - A slot machine whose
jackpot is always a fixed amount, as opposed to a progressive jackpot.
Flats - Crooked dice which have
been shaved to favor certain numbers.
Float - The table bank.
Flop - In a game of hold em,
the three cards dealt face up in the center of the table.
Flush -
In poker, a hand consisting of five cards of one suit.
Fold - In poker, when a player
declines a bet and drops out of the hand.
Foul - In Pai Gow Poker, a hand
is fouled when the 2 card low hand is set higher than the 5 card high
hand, or when the hands are set with the wrong number of cards. A
fouled hand is a losing hand.
Four Of A Kind - Four cards of
the same rank. Also known as quads.
Fourth Street - In 7 card stud,
the second round of betting is called fourth street because players
have four cards. In hold em, fourth street is the fourth card on board
and the third round of betting.
Free Odds Bet - A bet made in
addition to the Pass Line, Don't Pass Line, come and Don't Come wagers
which is paid at true odds in Craps.
Front Line - A casino term for
Pass Line in Craps.
Front Money - Cash or bank
checks deposited with the casino to establish credit for a player who
bets against that money.
Full House - In poker, a hand
consisting of a three of a kind and a pair.
Full Pay - In video poker it's
usually the best payoff schedule offered for a particular game.
Fuzzy - Odds of 15 to 1 on a
winning horse.
G Note - $1,000 note.
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