Gambler to be sentenced over £10m scam
A former financial consultant who stole £10 million in an elaborate scam to fuel his obsession with horse racing is due to be sentenced later today. Gambling-mad swindler Graham Price, 58, left a signed IOU for £7 million in the safe of the Halifax Bank agency he ran in Gowerton, south Wales.
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Casino gambling facts:
- Riverboat casinos were first legalized in Iowa, then Illinois, followed closely by Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
- The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.
- 1993: Steve Wynn buys the Dune Hotel, then implodes it to make way for the Bellagio. The new MGM Grand is completed, once again becoming the world's largest hotel. On December 31, Barbra Streisand stars in the inaugural concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
- 1951: On September 4, Frank Sinatra makes his Vegas debut, performing in the Crystal Room at the Desert Inn.
1959: Wayne Newton performs in Vegas for the first time, despite the fact that he is still too young to enter a casino.
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