Gambling terms, explained straight

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Gambling terms beginning with T

33 terms under T, each with a one-line summary. Follow a term for the full explanation.

Take a rake meaning Poker
In poker, to take a rake means the house or host collects a commission from the pot or charges a fee for hosting the game.
Taking a rake in poker (Molly's Game) Poker
A rake is a fee the house or host collects from each pot, or as a time charge, for running a poker game.
Taking a rake meaning Poker
Taking a rake means the cardroom or host deducts a commission from the pot or from each player's winnings as payment for hosting the game.
Teaser Sports betting
A teaser is a parlay-style wager that lets you adjust the point spread on each selected game by a fixed number of points, making the bets easier to…
Teaser payout chart Sports betting
A table that lists the payout a bettor receives for a teaser wager, based on the number of teams selected and the point adjustment applied.
Teaser vs parlay Sports betting
A teaser is a multi-leg bet that lets you adjust point spreads in your favour for a lower payout than a standard parlay, which links wagers without…
Texas hold em card rankings Poker
Texas hold'em card rankings are the standard order used to compare five-card poker hands, from high card up to royal flush, with higher categories …
Texas hold em dealing rules Poker
Texas hold'em dealing rules are the procedures for shuffling, cutting, and distributing hole cards and community cards, including the required burn…
Texas Hold'em card values Poker
In Texas hold 'em, cards value is the strength assigned to a card or hand for comparing holdings, based on the game's standard ranking system.
Texas Hold'em hands Poker
Texas hold'em hands are the two private hole cards dealt to a player at the start of a hand.
Texas holdem rules Poker
Texas hold'em rules govern how the poker variant is dealt, bet, and resolved: each player gets two private hole cards and shares five community car…
The baccarat machine Advantage play
A baccarat machine is an electronic gambling terminal that offers baccarat, either as a live-streamed or fully automated game, rather than a tradit…
Thin value Poker
Thin value in poker is a bet made with a marginal hand, expecting to be called by enough worse hands to make the bet profitable, even though the ha…
Tilt gambling Poker
In poker, tilt is a mental state where frustration or confusion causes a player to abandon their usual strategy and make worse decisions, often by …
Tilt meaning in sports Poker
In poker, tilt is a frustrated mental state that leads a player to abandon their usual strategy and make poor decisions, often by playing too aggre…
Tilt poker Poker
Tilt in poker is when a player becomes emotionally frustrated or confused and starts playing worse than usual, often by betting or raising too aggr…
To win outright 1/2 2 places meaning Sports betting
To win outright 1/2 2 places is an each-way betting term where the selection must finish first for the win part to pay, and the place part pays at …
Tote betting Racing
Tote betting is a pool-betting method where all stakes on a given bet type go into a single pool, and after the operator takes its cut, the rest is…
Tote placepot Racing
A Tote Placepot is a pool bet on a UK or Irish race meeting where you need at least one placed horse in each of the first six races to get a share …
Tote trifecta Racing
A pool-betting wager on a race where you must name the first, second and third finishers in the exact sequence.
Tote UK Racing
Tote UK is the pool-betting system used in British horse racing, where all stakes on a race are pooled together and the winnings, after a deduction…
Tote win Racing
A tote win is a parimutuel bet that a horse will finish first, with the payout determined by the total pool of stakes rather than a fixed price.
Trick-taking game Card games
A trick-taking game is a card or tile game where play is divided into rounds called tricks, and each trick is won by one player or team according t…
Trifecta Racing
A trifecta is a parimutuel bet on a horse race (or greyhound race) in which the bettor must pick the first, second and third finishers in the exact…
Trifecta betting Racing
A trifecta bet requires you to name the horses that will finish first, second, and third in a race, and to get their finishing order exactly right.
Trifecta horse racing payout Racing
A trifecta payout is the money a bettor receives for correctly selecting the first three horses to finish a race in the exact order they cross the …
Trifecta payout chart Racing
A trifecta payout chart is a table that shows the dividend a winning ticket receives for naming the first three finishers in the correct order.
Trifecta quinella Racing
A bet on the top finishers in a race where the order requirement is relaxed, so you win as long as your chosen runners occupy the required position…
Trifecta wheel vs box Racing
A trifecta wheel keeps one or more key horses in fixed finishing positions and varies the rest;
True count cards Advantage play
True count cards is the running count in blackjack card counting, divided by the number of decks remaining, to measure how rich the shoe is in high…
Turn in poker (fourth street card) Poker
The turn is the fourth community card dealt face up in community-card poker games, after the flop and before the river.
Types of bets in horse racing Racing
Types of bets in horse racing are the standard wager categories used to bet on horse races, including simple bets like win and place, and exotic be…
Types of gambling machines Slots
Gambling machines are electronic devices designed for people to gamble, including reel-based slots, fruit machines, and fixed-odds betting terminals.