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Bonus is a special feature of the particular game theme, which is activated when certain symbols appear in a right combination.

Coin hopper is a pot where the coins that are immediately available for payouts are held. The hopper is a mechanical device that rotates coins into the coin tray when a player collects credits/coins (by pressing a “Cash Out” button).

Credit meter is a visual LED display of the amount of money or credits on the machine.

Drop box or drop bucket or is a container located in a slot machine’s base where excess coins are diverted from the hopper.

Hand pay it is a payout made by a slot attendant, rather than the slot machine. A hand pay occurs when the amount of the payout exceeds the maximum amount that was preset by the slot machine’s operator.

Low Level or Slant Top are the slot machines with a stool. The player is sitting during the game.

Stand Up or Upright slot machines have no stools and players stand all the time.

Payline is a line (straight or zig-zagged) that crosses through one symbol on each reel to show winning combination is evaluated.

Rollup is playing sounds in the case of a win with showing the meters count up to the amount that has been won.

Short pay refers to a partial payout made by a slot machine, which is less than the amount due to the player.

Taste is a reference to the small amount often paid out to keep a player seated and continuously betting.

Weight count is an American term, referring to the dollar amount of coins or tokens removed from a slot machine’s drop bucket or drop box and counted by the casino’s hard count team through the use of a weigh scale.

Now it is the time to practice in slot games. Choose any of slot games and relax and win money.

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To be a good bowling player you should know not only the rules of bowling, but the language of the game as well. Creeper, deadwood, railroad, mixer… What does it mean?

Read the glossary of bowling terms and you will know the language of bowlers.

Alley (also lane bed) — Surface on which the ball is rolled.

Approach (also runway) — The space extending back from the foul line used to make the steps and delivery.

Arrows — The triangles embedded on the lane used in aiming the throw.

Baby split — The 2-7 or 3-10 split.

Backup ball — A ball that curves left to right for a right-handed bowler or right to left for a left-handed bowler.

Bed posts — The 7-10 split.

Big four (also double pinochle). The 4-6-7-10 split.

Blind score — When a league bowler is “blind” and can’t find his/her way to the league that evening, the bowler’s average is simply used (as if he/she just bowled that score) when figuring the team’s total for each game.

Blocking — Creating an illegal track to the strike pocket by the way the lane is dressed (oiled).

Blow — A miss or an error failing to covert a spare other than a split.

Brooklyn (also crossover) — Refers to a ball that crosses over to the other side of the headpin opposite the side it was thrown.

Bucket — The 2-4-5-8 or 3-5-6-9 leave after the first throw.

Carry — To knock down a pin or pins.

Channel (also gutter) — Semicircular grooves or drop-off area on each side of the bowling surface.

Cherry — To pick off the front pin or pins but leaving the back pin on a spare attempt.

Christmas tree — The 3-7-10 split for a rt. hander; 2-7-10 split for a left hander.

Clothesline (also picket fence) — The 1-2-4-7 or 1-3-6-10 pins still standing after the first ball.

Count — Usually the number of pins knocked down in the next frame that apply to a spare or strike.

Creeper (also known as a puff ball) — A slow ball.

Curve ball — A ball thrown with spin that follows a wide arc toward the pins.

Dead ball — A weak ball that has lost its drive, rotation, or forward thrust

Deadwood — Pins that have been knocked down.

Delivery — The rolling of the ball.

Double — Two consecutive strikes.

Dutch 200 — A game of exactly 200 by alternately rolling spares and strikes.

Field goal — A missed throw between widely separated pins hitting nothing but air.

Foul — Touching the foul line or beyond in any way when delivering the ball.

Foul line — The restraining line between the lane and the approach.

Four bagger — Throwing four strikes in a row.

Frame — One of ten units that comprise a game (represented by a large square and smaller squares within on the score sheet).

Game — A line on the score sheet consisting of 10 frames. (Same as Line.)

Goal posts — The 7-10 split. (Same as Bed posts.)

Graveyard (s) — An extremely difficult lane in the house.

Gutter (also channel) — Semicircular grooves on each side of the surface on which the ball rolls.

Gutter ball (also channel ball) — An errant ball that enters the gutter before reaching the pins.

Hambone — New term given to a 4-bagger (four strikes in a row).

Handicap — An adjustment in scores in order to equalize competition by adding pins on a predetermined basis.

Head pin — The number one pin.

High hit — A solid hit on a pin due to contact near its front center; hitting too much head pin on a strike attempt.

Holding lane — A lane where the ball does not curve or hook much.

Hook — A ball that initially moves straight down the alley and curves towards the pin (from right to left for a right-hander or left to right for a left-hander) on the latter part of the lane.

House — The bowling establishment or building.

Kegler — A bowler (German word).

Kickbacks — The side boards around the pins that divide lanes where pins frequently rebound or “kick” back onto the lane aiding in pin action.

Kindling (wood) — Light pins or pins that are falling easily during a game.

King pin — The number 5 pin. It is a key pin to produce a strike: a light pocket hit or deflected leaves this pin still standing.

Lane bed — The surface on which the ball is rolled.

League — Organized competition on a weekly basis for team play.

Leave — Pins left standing after the first ball has been rolled.

Lift — Upward motion on the ball at the point of release. (As the ball rolls from the fingers of the up swinging hand, spin is imparted to help drive the ball.)

Light hit — A ball hitting mostly the side of the pin deflecting it sideways.

Line — A game — 10 frames. Also refers to the path of the ball from release to the pins.

Line bowling — A method of aiming by visualizing the imaginary line the ball will take to the pins.

Lofting — Throwing the ball too high above the lane bed.

Mark — Making either a spare or strike in a frame.

Miss — An error in a spare attempt other than a split. (Same as a Blow.)

Mixer — A ball that creates a lot of pin action.

Move in — Adjusting of stance position nearer the center of the approach.

Move out — Adjusting of stance position nearer the outside of the approach.

Nose — The front of the pin.

Oil — Dressing or conditioner used to coat the lanes.

Open frame — A frame having neither a spare or strike.

Perfect game — A game of all strikes–twelve strikes in a row–resulting in bowling’s maximum score of 300.

Pin bowling — Looking at the pins to aim and throw the ball (better bowlers tend to spot or line bowl).

Pin deck — Area on which the pins are set.

Pocket — The space between the 1-3 pins for the right-handed bowler; between the 1-2 pins for the left-handed bowler.

Pushaway — The pushing out (forward) of the ball to begin the swing (coincide with first step of four-step approach.)

Railroad — A split.

Rake (also sweep bar) — The part of the pin-setting machine that drops and sweeps the fallen pins into the back of the lane.

Running lane (opposite of holding lane) — A lane where the ball curves a lot relative to a normal delivery.

Sandbagging — Deliberating keeping an average low so that person can receive a bigger handicap.

Scratch — The actual score the bowler makes; it is without any handicap adjustment (to equalize competition).

Six pack — Six strikes in a row!!

Sleeper — A rear pin that is not easily seen because of a pin directly in front of it (Ex.: 2-8, 3-9, 1-5).

Span — On a bowling ball, the distance between the thumb and finger holes

Spare — To knock down with the second throw the pins standing left after the first throw.

Split — Various combination of pins standing after a first throw where one or more pins has been knocked down creating a space between standing pins and thus a harder spare. Examples: 4-5, 5-6, 4-7, 6-10, 7-10, 4-6-7-10.

Spot — A target on the alley bed (usually the arrows or the dots) where the bowler aims.

Spot bowling — A method of aiming the ball in which spots (arrows and dots) on the lane are used as targets rather than looking at the pins during the throw.

Stiff lane — A non-hooking lane.

Straight ball — Ball thrown that takes a direct path to the pins without curving.

Strike — Knocking down all ten pins with the first effort.

Strike out — Making three strikes in the tenth frame.

Tap — An apparent perfect hit for a strike but one pin is left standing.

Thin hit — (also light hit) — A ball hitting mostly the side of the pin deflecting it sideways.

Throwing rocks — Piling up strikes with a speed ball.

Triple (also turkey) — Three consecutive strikes.

Turkey — Three consecutive strikes.

Vacancy — A “dummy” score used when a team does not have the same number on the team roster as do other teams. The vacancy score is set by the league and carries a handicap the same as if some bowler was carrying that average.

Washout — The 1-2-10 or 1-2-4-10 leave for right-handers; 1-3-7 or 1-3-6-7 for left handers. Distinguished from a split due to the head pin (1 pin) still standing.

Working ball — A ball with great spin that produces a lot of action among the pins. The same ball will break up splits when hit on the nose.

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The table

The Pin Pong table has a short net across the center. White lines mean nothing in singles games (two players). But in double games (four players) one must serve diagonally from right to left.

The goal of Ping Pong

A game is won when one player, or team, reaches 11 points, however a game must be won by at least a two point margin. Several games in a row can create a match, such that the champion wins the most out of an odd number of games, such as 4 out of 7. Players switch sides between each game of a match.

The Serve

Usually the player who gets the first serve is determined by the flip of a coin. A serve is comprised of throwing the ball in the air and hitting it on its way down such that it bounces once on your side of the net, then bounces over the net to land anywhere on your opponent’s side. The first player serves two points, then the serve is traded off so your opponent serves for two points, and so on. It is all right for the ball to hit the net initially, as long as it continues and lands on the opponent’s side thereafter. This is called a “let” serve and the server is allowed to reserve the ball.

Scoring

A point is scored after each ball is put into play. If the server misses the ball, hits the ball twice in a row, or hits the ball somewhere off the table, the server loses their point. If the opponent has served, and you miss the ball, your opponent get a point. A game must be won by two points, therefore at a score of 10-10, Ping Pong rules dictate you trade off every serve until someone gets ahead by two. The edges of the table are part of the legal table surface, but not the sides.

See the official rules of Table Tennis.

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Bowling is one of the most popular indoor games for party. Everyone can play it. The rules of bowling aren’t difficult. If you want to have a good time, go to the bowling with your friends.

The Lane

The length of bowling lane (or alley) is 18.2 m and the width is 1.7 m. On the both side of the lane there are gutters. If the ball goes in the gutter it will pass by the pins and you will score 0 points. The zone for run and throwing the ball calls “the approach“. The length of approach is 4.68 m. The approach finishes with the “foul line“. If the bowler step over the line it will be a foul, his throw won’t score. 10 pins form a triangle with 4 rows: the first row — 1 pin, the second row — 2 pins, the third — 3 pins, the forth row — 4 pins.

The pins and the balls

The are different balls for bowling which differ one from another by size and weight. Each bowler chooses ball to his liking. But there are some recommendations: for children — 4kg ball, for women — 4.5-5.4 kg balls, for men — 5.9-7.2 kg balls. The ball has 2 or 3 holes for fingers.

The tall of pin is 38 cm and the width is 12 cm at the widest point (where ball contacts with the pin).

The game

A game (it calls sometime “string“) consists of 10 frames. In frame each player rolls the ball two times.

When the bowler knocks down all 10 pins with his first roll, it is a strike.

When all the pins are knocked down after second ball, it is a spare.

If any pins are left standing at theirs places, it is “open frame“.

If player steps over the foul line during delivery, it is a foul and it counts as a roll. If any pins are knocked down they will be respotted without counting.

If some pins are knocked down by a ball that has dropped in the gutter, or by a ball bouncing off the rear cushion, they won’t count, and will be respotted.

Scoring

In an open frame, a player simply gets point for the number of pins that he knocked down.

When it is a spare, a slash mark is recorded in a small square in the upper righthand corner of that frame on the score sheet, and no score is entered until the first ball of the next frame is rolled.

Then point is given for 10 plus the number of pins knocked down with that next ball. For example, a player rolls a spare in the first frame; with the first ball of the second frame, the player knocks down 6 pins. The first frame, then, gets 16 points. If 1 of the remaining 4 pins get knocked down, 7 points are added, for a total of 23 in the second frame.

In the case of a strike, it is recorded with an X in the small square, the score being 10 plus the total number of pins knocked down in the next two rolls. Thus, the bowler who rolls three strikes in a row in the first three frames gets credit for 30 points in the first frame.

In the case of spare in the last frame, player must do one more roll to close frame.

When the bowler gets strike in the last frame, he rolls two times again before the final score can be tallied.

The maximum score is 300 per game.

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Curling is called sometimes Chess on ice. Curling is a team sportgame. It is played by 2 teams of 4 players each on a rectangular rink. Shooter send heavy, polished granite stones down the ice towards the the house. Two sweepers with brooms accompany each rock and direct the stones to the target.

The aim of curling is to gain a greater number of points than the opponent team.

The Rink

The length of the rink is 45.720 m. The width is 5 m. This area is devided by lines drawn, or by dividers placed on the perimeter.

In the left and in the right of the rink there are parallel lines in the ice as follows:

• the tee line is placed so that the centre of the line is 5.487 m. from end of the rink.
• the back line is placed so that the outside edge is 1.83 m. from the centre of the tee line.
• the hog line is placed so that the inside edge is 6.401 m. from the centre of the tee line.
• A centre line joins the midpoints of the tee lines and extends 3.658 m. beyond the centre of each tee line.
• A hack line is placed parallel to the tee line, at each end of the centre line.
• A courtesy line is placed 1.219 m. outside and parallel to the hog lines, on each side of the rink.
• A centre hole (tee) is placed at the intersection of each tee line and centre line. With the tee as centre, there are four concentric circles placed at each end of the rink, with the outer edge of the outer circle having a radius of 1.829 m, the next circle a radius of 1.219 m, the next circle a radius of 0.610 m, and the innermost circle having a minimum radius of 15.24 cm.
• Two hacks are placed on the hack line, on opposite sides of the centre line, with the inside edge of each hack 7.62 cm from the midpoint of the centre line.
  

  Stones

  A curling stone has circular shape, his circumference is no greater than 91.44 cm, a height is no less than 11.43 cm, and a weight is no greater than 19.96 kg and no less than 17.24 kg.

  Each team uses a set of 8 stones with the same handle colour.

  If a stone is broken in play, a replacement stone is placed where the largest fragment came to rest.

  If a stone rolls over while in motion, or comes to rest on its side or top, it is removed from play.

  A stone that does not come to rest completely beyond the inside edge of the hog line at the playing end is removed from play immediately, except when it sticks another stone, in which case it remains in play.

  A stone that completely crosses the outside edge of the back line is removed from play immediately.

  A stone that touches a divider or a side line is removed from play immediately and is prevented from entering adjacent rinks.

  A stone may be measured only visually until the last stone of the end has come to rest, except to determine if a stone is in play, or, prior to playing the second, third, or fourth stone of an end, to determine if a stone is in the Free Guard Zone.

  Teams

  There are 4 players in a team. Each player delivers two stones, in consecutive order in each end, while alternating with an opponent.

  The free-guard (FGZ)

  The free-guard zone is between the hogline and teeline. It is illegal to remove an opponent’s stone from the FGZ before the first four stones of the end have been played, but a team can remove its own stone from the zone.

  Sweeping

  The sweeping motion is in a side-to-side direction, deposits no debris in front of a moving stone, and finishes to either side of the stone.

  A delivered stone may be swept by one or more players of the delivering team until it reaches the tee line at the playing end.

  The players of opponent team may not sweep an opponent’s stone until it reaches the tee line at the playing end.

  Behind the tee line at the playing end, only one player from each team may sweep at any one time. This maybe any player of the delivering team, but only the skip or vice-skip of the non-delivering team.

  Behind the tee line, a team has first privilege of sweeping its own stone, but it must not obstruct or prevent its opponent from sweeping.

  If a sweeping violation occurs, the non-offending team has the option of allowing the play to stand, or of placing the stone, and all stones it would have affected, where they would have come to rest had the violation not occurred.

  Touched moving stones

  Between the tee line at the delivering end and the hog line at the playing end:

  if a moving stone is touched, or is caused to be touched, by the team to which it belongs, or by its equipment, the touched stone is removed from play immediately by that team;

  if a moving stone is touched, or is caused to be touched, by an opposition team, or by its equipment, or by an external force:

  1) if the stone was the delivered stone, it is redelivered
  2) if the stone was not the delivered stone, it is placed where the team to which it belongs reasonably considers it would have come to rest had it not been touched.

  Inside the hog line at the playing end:

  if a moving stone is touched, or is caused to be touched, by the team to which it belongs, or by its equipment, all stones are allowed to come to rest, after which the non-offending team has the option to:

  1) remove the touched stone, and replace all stones that were displaced after the infraction to their original positions; or
  2) leave all stones where they came to rest; or
  3) place all stones where it reasonably considers the stones would have come to rest had the moving stone not been touched.

  if a moving stone is touched, or is caused to be touched, by an opposition team, or by its equipment, all stones are allowed to come to rest, after which the non-offending team places the stones where it reasonably considers the stones would have come to rest, had the moving stone not been touched.

  if a moving stone is touched, or is caused to be touched, by an external force, all stones are allowed to come to rest, and then placed where they would have come to rest if the incident had not occurred. If the teams cannot agree, the stone is redelivered after all displaced stones have been replaced to their original positions. If agreement on the original positions cannot be reached, the end is replayed.

  Displaced stationary stones

  If a stationary stone, which would have had no effect on the outcome of a moving stone, is displaced by a player, it is replaced in its original position by the non-offending team.

  If a stationary stone, which would have had no effect on the outcome of a moving stone, is displaced by an external force, it is replaced in its original position, with agreement of the teams.

  If a stone which would have altered the course of a moving stone is displaced by a player, all stones are allowed to come to rest and then the non-offending team has the option to:
  - leave all stones where they came to rest; or
  - remove the stone whose course would have been altered from play and replace in their original positions any stones that were displaced after the violation; or
  - reasonably place stones in the positions they would have come to rest had a stone not been displaced.

  If a stone which would have altered the course of a moving stone is displaced by an external force, all stones are allowed to come to rest, and are then placed in the positions in which they would have come to rest had a stone not been displaced. If the teams cannot agree, the stone is redelivered after all displaced stones have been replaced to their original positions. If agreement on the original positions cannot be reached, the end is replayed.

  If a displacement is caused by stones deflecting off the rink dividers, the stones are replaced to their original positions by the non-delivering team.

  Scoring

  The team who scored a majority of points at the completion of the scheduled ends of play wins. If the score is tied at the completion of the scheduled ends, play continues with extra end(s) and the team that scores first wins the game.

  At the completion of an end, a team scores one point for each of its own stones located in or touching the house that are closer to the tee than any stone of the opposition.

  The score of an end is decided when the skips or vice-skips in charge of the house agree upon the score. If stones that may have affected the points scored in an end are displaced prior to that decision, the nonoffending team receives the benefit that might have accrued from a measurement.

  When determining the score of an end, if teams cannot visually decide which stones are closer to the tee, or whether a stone is touching the house, a measuring device is used. Measurements are taken from the tee to the nearest part of the stone.

  If two or more stones are so close to the tee that it is impossible to use a measuring device, the determination is made visually.

  If a decision can not be reached, either visually or with a measuring device, the stones are considered equal, and:
  - if the measure was to determine which team scored in the end, the end is blanked;
  - if the measure was to determine additional points, only the stones closer to the tee are counted.

  Should an external force cause the displacement of stones that would have affected the score prior to agreement of the score, the following applies:
  - if the displaced stones would have determined which team scored in an end, the end is replayed.
  - if a team secured a point(s), and the displaced stone(s) would have determined if an additional point(s) was scored, that team has the option of replaying the end or of keeping the point(s) already secured.

  A team concedes a game only when it is the delivering team. When a team concedes the game before the completion of an end, the score of the end is determined at that time, and posted on the Scoreboard, except when a team is mathematically eliminated, in which case points are not counted and the end is marked with two Xs on the Scoreboard.

  If a team does not commence play at the designated time, the following takes place:
  - if the delay of the start of play is 1-15 minutes, then the nonoffending team receives one point, and will have last stone in the first end of actual play, one end is considered completed;
  - if the delay of the start of play is 15-30 minutes, then the nonoffending team receives one additional point, and last stone in the first end of actual play, two ends are considered completed.
  - if play has not started after 30 minutes, then the non-offending team is declared the winner by forfeit. A forfeited game is recorded as 1 point in the first end, 1 point in the second end and the third end is marked with Xs. The final score is recorded as 2-0.

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