Jamie-Lynn Sigler plays Toni who has Multiple Sclerosis. Off-screen, the actress was diagnosed with this affliction in 2016.
In poker, the rake is the percentage of money in play on the table (the pot) given to the operator of the game.
Corbin Bernsen is introduced as Ice Pick, Rick's father figure and mentor. This is a character from the original series who was originally portrayed by Elisha Cook Jr.
At the hotel, Magnum says his name is Sam Marlowe. Sam Marlowe is a character in a film, The Man with Bogart's Face, which is also called Sam Marlowe, Private Eye.
Sam Marlowe is named after two classic detective characters played by Humphrey Bogart: Sam Spade from Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Philip Marlowe from Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep (1946).