videopoker
English edit
Noun edit
videopoker (uncountable)
- Any electronic, console-based version of poker.
- 1990, Jerry L Patterson, Blackjack, a winner's handbook:
- The gambler's chances of winning at blackjack, craps, roulette and even the slot and videopoker machines vary greatly among the casinos.
- 1999, José Jorge de Carvalho, Afro-Brazilian music and rituals, Part 1:
- Gil guarantees, with the truth of art, that neither internet, videopoker nor cellular phones have really destroyed it […]
- 2006, David M Haugen, Is the Mafia Still a Force in America?:
- A year later, young Nicky was popped by the New Jersey State Police on charges involving the sale and distribution of illegal videopoker machines.
Italian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From video- + poker (“English”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
videopoker m (invariable)
- any electronic, console-based version of poker
References edit
- ^ videopoker in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication