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75-Ball Bingo
75-ball bingo uses a 5×5 card and a 75-number pool, often with varied winning patterns.
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Poker formats, bingo, lotteries, raffles, and related peer or draw-based gambling concepts.
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90-Ball Bingo
90-ball bingo uses tickets with three rows and a 90-number pool, typically paying line and full-house prizes.
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Ante
An ante is a small forced contribution from players (or the button) used to build pots.
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Bad Beat
A bad beat is losing a hand as a heavy favorite after an opponent hits a low-probability draw.
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Bingo
Bingo is a draw-based game where players mark called numbers on tickets or cards to complete patterns.
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Bingo Ball Call
A bingo ball call is the announcement or display of each drawn number during a bingo game.
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Bingo Pattern
A bingo pattern is the arrangement of marked numbers required to win a game or prize tier.
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Bingo Room
A bingo room is a scheduled session venue—physical hall or online lobby—where tickets are sold and numbers called.
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Blinds
Blinds are forced bets posted before cards are dealt to seed the pot and compel action.
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Bubble
The bubble is the stage just before players reach paid places in a tournament.
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Cash Game
A cash game is a poker table where chips represent real-money value and players may buy in or leave between hands.
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Charity Raffle
A charity raffle is a fundraising draw run by or for a nonprofit under applicable raffle rules.
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Collusion
Collusion is secret cooperation among players to gain an unfair advantage against others.
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Hand History
A hand history is a textual or database record of actions and cards for a completed poker hand.
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Instant-Win Game
An instant-win game reveals whether a ticket or digital play wins immediately rather than at a future draw.
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Jackpot
A jackpot is the top prize tier in a lottery, bingo, or similar prize game, sometimes progressive.
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Keno
Keno is a chance game where players pick numbers and win if they match a drawn set.
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Lottery
A lottery is a chance-based prize scheme where tickets are sold and winners are selected by a draw.
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Lottery Draw
A lottery draw is the official random selection of winning numbers or tickets for a lottery game.
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Lottery Syndicate
A lottery syndicate pools money to buy more tickets and share any winnings by agreement.
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Lottery Ticket
A lottery ticket is the receipt or digital record evidencing entry into a lottery draw.
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Multi-Table Tournament
A multi-table tournament starts many players across tables with rising blinds until one champion remains.
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No-Limit
No-limit allows a player to bet any amount from the minimum up to their entire stack.
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Omaha
Omaha deals four hole cards; players must use exactly two hole cards with three community cards.
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Online Bingo
Online bingo hosts digital tickets, automated daubing options, and chat rooms over the internet.
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Online Poker
Online poker is poker played over internet clients or apps, often via shared liquidity networks.
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Poker
Poker is a family of card games where players bet on hand strength or outcomes under shared rules.
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Poker Room
A poker room is the land-based or online venue that hosts cash games and tournaments.
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Pot-Limit
Pot-limit caps a bet at the size of the current pot (plus calling amounts under standard formulas).
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Prize Draw
A prize draw randomly selects winners from eligible entries under published promotional or lottery rules.
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Raffle
A raffle sells numbered tickets for a chance to win prizes drawn from the ticket pool.
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Rake
Rake is the fee a poker room withholds from cash-game pots or via tournament fees.
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Rakeback
Rakeback returns a portion of paid rake to the player as cash, credits, or loyalty value.
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Scratchcard
A scratchcard is an instant-win ticket revealing prizes by removing a covering layer or digital equivalent.
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Seven-Card Stud
Seven-Card Stud deals a mix of down and up cards with no shared community board.
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Sit and Go
A sit-and-go is a single-table (or small) tournament that begins when enough players register.
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Texas Hold’em
Texas Hold’em deals two private hole cards and five community cards to form the best five-card hand.
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Tournament Buy-In
A tournament buy-in is the entry amount that funds the prize pool, often plus a separate fee.
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