Swedes Take First and Second in the EPT’s Dublin Event
Former Baker Takes Top Prize Mats Gavatin, a 29-year-old former baker from Sweden, won 317,000 euros by taking first place in the European Poker Tour s 4,000 euro no-limit event that concluded early Halloween …
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Gambling history facts:
- In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
- 1926: Las Vegas gets a regular air service. Western Air Express flies between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. The airfield later becomes the site for the famous Sahara and Hilton hotels.
1931: Gambling is legalized in Nevada on March 19. Construction begins on the long awaited Hoover Dam. - The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
- Many casinos in Nevada were financed by mobsters. Most notable perhaps was Las Vegas' Flamingo which was opened in 1947 by Bugsy Siegel.
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