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  1. Inside Bet A bet made on the central, numbered portion of the roulette layout.
  2. Inside Straight Draw Seeking one specific card value to make a straight. For instance, a player holding 9-5 with a board of 2-7-6 can make a straight with any eight.
  3. instance Area of the game that is for you and your party alone.
  4. Instancing This is a dungeon where you will load into your OWN copy of the dungeon with your group. Only you and your group will be in your copy of the dungeon.
  5. Insurance As a part of PITI, the amount of the monthly mortgage payment that does not include the principal, interest, and taxes. Also see: homeowners insurance.
  6. INT Intelligence
  7. Jackpot A special bonus paid to the loser of a hand if he gets a very good hand beaten. In hold'em, the "loser" must typically get aces full or better beaten.
  8. Joker this is the card that serves as a wild card. It can be used to complete a flush, straight or straight flush.
  9. Junket A casino subsidized travel package for a group of gamblers.
  10. Kelly betting Betting a percentage of your bankroll equal to your percentage advantage. This is the optimal bet size.
  11. Kicker An unpaired card used to determine the better of two near-equivalent hands. For instance, suppose you have AK and your opponent has AQ.
  12. Kill Steal (KS) Taking a kill off someone by inflicting the killing blow.
  13. Kiting Writing a check in an amount that will overdraw the account but making up the deficiency by depositing another check on another bank.
  14. Knock out count An unbalanced card counting system promoted by Olaf Vancura and Ken Fuchs. 2-7 count as +1 and aces and tens count as -1.
  15. KOS Killed on Sight. If an Orc approaches a Human Guard, the Guard would try to kill on sight (aggro).
  16. KS Kill Steal. Try to steal another person's kill.
  17. La Grande this is the French term for the nine dealt in a natural.
  18. La partage roulette rule similar to the en prison rule, only in this case the player loses half the bet and does not have the option of leaving the bet en prison for…
  19. La partage rule Mainly applicable in European roulette games. It has the same idea as the en prison rule except that the player is not given the option to keep the bet in…
  20. La Petite this is the French term for the eight dealt in a natural.
  21. LaBouchere Betting System A type of Cancellation Betting System where numbers are cancelled out from a user-defined string of numbers after a win and added to the string after a…
  22. LACE this is where cards a re placed at random into a stack of cards one at a time.
  23. Ladderman The employee of the casino that oversees the Baccarat table.
  24. Lag Refers to slow game response times. The cause can be graphical based (weak graphics card), internet based (ping), system based (lack of memory, virtual…
  25. Las Vegas strip rules The rules most commonly used on the Las Vegas strip, as opposed to Downtown Las Vegas.
  26. Late Surrender An optional rule where the player can surrender after seeing the dealer's hole card.
  27. Layout The design imprinted on the felt table top with the various bets that can be made.
  28. Layout Strategies Betting systems and strategies that try to overcome the house edge simply by placing different types of bets, without trying to determine if the wheel or…
  29. Le Grande The best hand in Baccarat, a 9. See Natural
  30. Level The number of values used in a card counting system. A level one counting system only uses +1 and -1, but a level two system would use +1, +2, -1 and -2…
  31. LFG Looking for a group.
  32. LFM Looking for more.
  33. Line Bet A wager that one of six numbers (two rows of three numbers separated by a line on the layout) will win.
  34. Link Dead (LD) A player who has actually lost connection to the game server, but his character is still in the game and has not timed out yet.
  35. Live Blind A forced bet put in by one or more players before any cards are dealt. The "live" means those players still have the option of raising when the action…
  36. log When you log off; disconnect from the game.
  37. LOL Lots of Laugh or Laughing Out Loud. This abbreviation indicates something is really funny. It's pretty cliche nowadays though.
  38. LOM Low on Mana.
  39. Long End of the Bet The side of the bet that must pay off more than it collects.
  40. Long Run The extended amount of time during any given session (or through multiple sessions) when number frequency starts to asymptotically approach that which is…
  41. LOOT To take the treasure from a monster that has been killed or from a chest.
  42. LOS Line of Sight
  43. Loss bet/Fade A bet in opposition to the bank.
  44. Low Bet A wager that one of the low numbers (1-18) will win the next spin.
  45. Low Hand this is another name for Hand in Front or two card hand.
  46. Low Roller A person who bets small stakes.
  47. Luminar or LuminAR Illuminated roulette table made by John Huxley, suppliers of casino equipment. The LuminAR roulette table is eye-catching by illuminating the winning…
  48. LVL Level
  49. Macro A series of commands that are configured to be executed together with one button press.
  50. Maniac A player who does a lot of hyper-aggressive raising, betting, and bluffing. A true maniac is not a good player, but is simply doing a lot of gambling.
  51. Manque French term for Low Bet.
  52. Mark -- see trademark
  53. marker A diagnostic indication that disease may develop.
  54. Martingale Betting System A type of Double-Up System whereby you double your bets after every loss. Meaning that when you win, you'll win back all of your loss, plus the payoff for…
  55. Martingale System a system where the player may win at roulette by choosing to bet on one with a 50-50 chance of winning and then just continue to double the bet every time…
  56. Match Play A casino promotion where players are given special chips that they can bet. They are paid off in regular casino chips on a win.
  57. Materials (MATS) Items and components used in a recipe to make a final product.
  58. Mechanic Someone who uses sleight-of-hand in order to cheat at cards.
  59. Mez Short for Mesmerize. Refers to spells, such as Polymorph that temporarily incapacitate a target.
  60. Mini baccarat - A variation of Baccarat in which a smaller table than usual is used, with less seats, and has one dealer, instead of two dealers and a caller.
  61. MMO Massively Multiplayer Online.
  62. MMOG Massively Multiplayer Online Game
  63. MMORPG Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
  64. MOB MOB" is an old programming acronym of Mobile Object Block. Mobs are all computer controlled characters in the game.
  65. MOD Modification to a game, either through available tools or by outright hacking, in order to change the game from its original form.
  66. Money at Risk Money that has been wagered and can be lost.
  67. Money Management A system a player uses to decide how to handle his bankroll. Kelly betting is one money management system that works.
  68. Money Plays A casino rule which allows players to wager actual cash instead of chips.
  69. Monkey A term for a face card or a 10.
  70. MT Main Tank
  71. Muck Eight card decks used in Baccarat, 416 cards in total.
  72. Mucker Anyone who uses sleight-of-hand techniques to cheat -- usually done for Past Posting.
  73. Multiple deck Using more than one deck in a game of blackjack. As opposed to a single deck game.
  74. N00b An incredibly uncool way to say newb. Don't use it.
  75. Named A special monster that is usually stronger than surrounding monsters with possible special abilities and item drops.
  76. Natural When the two cards total to 8 or 9.
  77. NBG - Need Before Greed, only people that need an item will roll dice (in case there are more than one player in the team that needs the item).
  78. Negative Progression Any system of wagering where you increase bets after a loss.
  79. Nerf To downgrade, to be made softer, or make less effective. "X has been nerfed."
  80. Newb Short for Newbie. See above.
  81. Newbie A term that sometimes means new player. Newbie is also used to suggest that a player is not very good.
  82. Nickel (NIK-ul): A kind of metal found in soil and often used in alloys and in industry.
  83. Ninja To try to loot an item without other players knowing or paying attention. Basically, to take an item without permission.
  84. No Action A call made by a dealer that the casino will not cover a particular bet. Or that a particular spin or decision doesn't count.
  85. No-Limit A version of poker in which a player may bet any amount of chips (up to the number in front of him) whenever it is his turn to act.
  86. Noir French term for Black Bet.
  87. Non Not.
  88. Non Value Chip a casino issued gaming chip whose dollar value depends on the amount of the chips taken in a buy-in. For example, a buy-in of $300.
  89. NPC This is a non player-controlled character. The characters are controlled by the server or realm. A "computer" character.
  90. Nuke A spell that can inflict a large amount of damage quickly.
  91. Nuts The best possible hand given the board. If the board is K♠-J ♦-T♠-4 ♠-2♥, then A ♠-X♠ is the nuts.
  92. Odd Bet A wager that one of the odd numbers will win the next spin.
  93. Odds The likelihood of an event happening.
  94. Offsuit A hold'em starting hand with two cards of different suits.
  95. On the Square A game that is honest.
  96. One pair a hand containing one pair of cards of the same value, irrespective of suit
  97. One-Gap A hold'em starting hand with two cards two apart in rank. Examples: J9s, 64.
  98. OOM Out of Mana. People say this to let their party know they are out of mana and can't cast any spells, especially healing.
  99. Open-Ended Straight Draw Seeking one of two card values to make a straight. For instance, a player holding 9-8 with a board of 2-7-6 can make a straight with either a ten…
  100. Orphans French phrase. Common in European casinos. It's a bet on three specific numbers 6, 34 and 17 that are neighbours on the wheel, but far apart on the layout.