It is surprising how many expressions that Americans use every day came from the card game of poker.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

In a crisis,first responders know to look for the card on the refrigerator, to learn the victim's language and other important information.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

A study in the United States found that eighty-four percent of undergraduates last year had at least one credit card.

VOA: special.2009.05.28

And you get back to your office and look at the business card and you say 'Who was that again?

VOA: special.2009.09.14

It is often a winning card. In one kind of poker game, the first card to each player is given face down.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

A bill to place new restrictions on the credit card industry in the United States won final approval this week in Congress.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

A green card is an official document identifying a person as a permanent resident of the United States.

VOA: special.2011.05.20

Instead of fine print that hides the truth, we need credit card forms and statements that have plain language in plain sight."

VOA: special.2009.05.22

These card players -- all men -- will return to Las Vegas in November for the final table.

VOA: special.2010.07.26

She says the main value of the new credit card act is that it "provides an opportunity for consumers to have more information."

VOA: special.2009.05.22

During his long life, Texas John Slaughter was a gunfighter,lawman,soldier, cattle rancher, professional card player and a representative of the state of Arizona.

VOA: special.2010.03.17

Americans held nine hundred forty-six billion dollars in credit card debt at the end of March.

VOA: special.2009.05.22

No one knows until the end of the game whose hidden card is the winner.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

In poker and most card games, the ace is the highest and most valuable card.

VOA: special.2009.11.22