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V. Acronym for variable penetration.

van-john. The game of twenty-one as once known in England. A corruption of the French term vingt-et-un. See blackjack.
[66 Thorp Beat the Dealer 3]

var. Short for variance.

variance. In statistics, the mean of the squares of the variations from the mean of a frequency distribution.
[ http://www.bjmath.com/bjmath/Stats/vos.htm ]

Vest-Pocket Blackjack Computer. {BS} (c1970s?) (Lawrence Revere)

vig. As in vigorish. The casino commission in a game.

vingt-et-un. The French term for the game of twenty-one. See also van-john, pontoon, and blackjack.
[38 Asbury Sucker's Progress 49]
[65 Scarne Scarne on Cards 138]
[66 Thorp Beat the Dealer 3]

vingt-un. An earlier French wording for vingt-et-un.
[1875 The American Hoyle]
[65 Scarne Scarne on Cards 138]

Voodoo. A reference to the Blackjack Review Network Voodoo Gambling message board. This board was especially set up to discuss mathematically unjustified ideas and methods as well as comments from those who don't believe card-counting works!
[ http://www.BJRnet.com/board_voodoo.htm ]

VP. Acronym for video poker.

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