diff --git a/exec/ircbots/dice/dicebot.js b/exec/ircbots/dice/dicebot.js
index bfac5d9aaf2dd513956d17ad3decc0ebf84f578a..8d22656ac49b74554630ab07b735016bf30b20cb 100644
--- a/exec/ircbots/dice/dicebot.js
+++ b/exec/ircbots/dice/dicebot.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	if there are duplicate command names, they will be superseded in the order
 	in which they are loaded (in the order they are listed in ircbot.ini).
 */
-working_dir=this.dir;
+var working_dir=this.dir;
 
 /* This method is executed by the IRCBot during its "save_everything()" cycle */
 function save()
diff --git a/exec/ircbots/poker/pokerbot.js b/exec/ircbots/poker/pokerbot.js
index d5e11fd2ed9556420d826d42bdbecfd805ec8cef..f63c575fb3890cd0b2427609493577d1277966db 100644
--- a/exec/ircbots/poker/pokerbot.js
+++ b/exec/ircbots/poker/pokerbot.js
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-poker_dir=this.dir;
-poker_scores=[];
-notice_interval=10; //seconds
-activity_timeout=120;
-poker_games=[];
+var poker_dir=this.dir;
+var poker_scores=[];
+var notice_interval=10; //seconds
+var activity_timeout=120;
+var poker_games=[];
 
 // Game functions
 function save()
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ function Poker_Game()
 function Poker_Player()
 {
 	this.cards=[];
-	this.money=100;
+	this.money=1000;
 	this.bet=0;
 	this.has_bet=false;
 	this.active=true;