13 Miss. Code. R. 3-3.1
As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) Ante: A player's initial wager or predetermined contribution to the pot prior to the dealing of the first hand.
(b) Call: A wager made in an amount equal to the immediately preceding wager.
(c) Card game shill: An employee engaged and financed by the licensee as a player for the purpose of starting and/or maintaining a sufficient number of players in a card game.
(d) Card room bank: An imprest fund which is a part of and accountable to the licensee's casino cage or bankroll but which is maintained in the card room exclusively for the purposes set forth in sections 5 and 7 of this regulation.
(e) Card table bank: An imprest inventory of cash and chips physically located in the table tray on the card table and controlled by the licensee through accountability established with the card room bank. The card table bank shall be used only for the purposes set forth in section 5 of this regulation.
(f) Check: To waive the right to initiate the wagering, but to retain the right to call after all the other players have either wagered or folded.
(g) Hand: One game in a series, one deal in a card game, or the cards held by a player.
(h) Pot: The total amount anted and wagered by players during a hand.
(i) Promotional Progressive Pots and Pools: Pots and pools that are contributed to by poker patrons and distributed back to poker patrons based upon the occurrence of a predetermined event.
(j) Proposition player: A person paid a fixed sum by the licensee for the specific purpose of playing in a card game who uses his own funds and who retains his winnings and absorbs his losses.
(k) Raise: A wager made in an amount greater than the immediately preceding wager.
(l) Rake-off: A percentage of the pot which may be taken by the licensee for maintaining or dealing the game.
(m) Stake: The funds with which a player enters a game.
(n) Stakes player: A person financed by the licensee to participate in a game under an arrangement or understanding whereby such person is entitled to retain all or any portion of his winnings.
(o) Table tray: A receptacle used to hold the card table bank.
(p) Time buy-in: A charge to a player, determined on a time basis, by the licensee for the right to participate in a game.
13 Miss. Code. R. 3-3.1