2nd Round of World Series of Poker Begins
LAS VEGAS - Lady Luck showed no mercy on formerWorld Series of Poker champs and a few contenders who thought they had a chance at the $7.5 million grand prize.In fact, just getting a seat at the final
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Casino gambling information:
- The famous banker J.P. Morgan once walked out of a Monte Carlo casino because the stakes were too low? At the time, the maximum wager was 12,000 francs and Morgan wanted it increased to 20,000 francs. When the casino manager refused to increase the limit, Morgan left the casino saying "12,000 francs! I have no time to lose such ridiculous amounts."
- The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
- The first airplane flight to Las Vegas was made in May, 1920, with Lieutenant Randall Henderson, editor of the Blythe, California Herald, and Jack Beckley.
- In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
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