Sports and Pastimes
Betting and Gaming


1. What is the highest number on a roulette wheel?
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2. What is pontoon called when it is played in a casino?
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3. In the game of craps, what is the first shoot or throw of the dice called?
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4. At a race meeting, what is the call over?
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5. What game has suits called bamboos, characters and circles?
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6. In which card game are the expressions 'for his nob' and 'for his heels' used?
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7.Which American state is famous for its gambling casinos?
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8. Which game is the modern version of Pope Joan sometimes called Michigan or Saratoga in the United States and Boodle or Stops in Britain?
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9. In poker, which hand is more valuable, flush or full house?
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10. What is 'form' in horse-racing?
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11. Which of Ian Flemming's Bond books describes the glittering world of gambling?
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12. In baccarat, what is a 'natural'?
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13. Keno is an American casino form of which game?
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14. The 1965 film The Cincinnati Kid starred Edward G. Robinson and Steve McQueen. Around which card game did the role revolve?
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15. What is a 'straight up' bet in roulette?
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16. What, in a casino, is a croupier?
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17. What, in a casino, is a kibitzer?
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18. In bingo, what number would a caller be giving if he said 'Key of the door'?
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19. If you saw the letters 'EP' against the name of a runner on a greyhound racecard, what would it mean?
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20. When playing craps, who is the 'shooter'?
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21. What does it mean when a player in blackjack decides to 'stand'?
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22. In the game of roulette, what is a bet on numbers 1-18 called?
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23. What is the main object of the popular card game of pontoon?
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24. At a race meeting, what is an 'also ran'?
A horse that has finished out of the money.

25. According to the old song, all the girls used to wink and eye at 'The man who broke the bank...' where ?
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