Las Vegas Documentary Goes Beyond Casinos
Weekend Edition - Saturday , November 12, 2005 · People think of Las Vegas as Sin City, a version of Disneyland, or maybe a little of both. But as the town’s place in American culture continues to evolve, people seeking to change their fortune are still drawn there.
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Interesting gambling information:
- Lotteries were brought to America in the 1800s by the thousands of Chinese immigrants who worked in the mines and on the railroads.
- The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
- The major differences between regular poker and video poker is that you are playing against a machine rather than real people, and your goal is to achieve particular hands rather than beat opponents hands.
- 1946: Two famous landmarks open: Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo, and the Golden Nugget. Nevada levies its first gaming tax.
1949: Benny Binion sets up a high-stakes poker game at his Horseshoe casino between Nick "The Greek" Dandalos and Johnny Moss. It turns into an epic five-month poker match, laying the foundations for the World Series of Poker.
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