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TAB - Totalisator Agency Board, a regulating agency for off-track betting.
Table Hold - The total money won by a casino at a table game from all players during an 8-hour session.
Table Stakes - In poker, a limited amount of money available to players for betting and raising: the cash on the table.
Table Test - A exam a dealer must pass prior to being hired by a casino. See also Audition.
Taking the Odds - Placing a wager which is less than the eventual payoff if the bet is successful. The opposite of Laying the Odds. Together, Taking the Odds & Laying the Odds constitute the 2 major forms of gambling.
Tapping Out - Losing it all causing the gambler to stop playing.
Tell Play - Term associated with reading a player or dealer's body language or facial expressions to guess Hole Cards.
Third Base - In blackjack, the seat played last, right before the dealer's hand is played.
Third Street - In 7-card stud, the first betting round. Called Third Street because gamblers have 3 cards.
Three Card Monte - Popular three-card game. Similar to Bragg.
Three of a Kind - Poker term meaning 3 cards with the same rank.
Ticket - A card.
Time Cut - Money charged for time played within a casino or poker room.
Tip - A gratuity.
Toke - Short for token. A tip given to a dealer in either money or chip form.
Token - A casino coin required for playing slot machines.
Touch Wand - A device sometimes found on Video Keno machines to choose numbers.
Tournament - A competition among players for a set time period, often with wide, varying rules.
Trips - Three cards having the same rank.
True Odds - The actual chances of an event happening, taking a casino's edge into account.