Poker Books
Filed under: Bloggers , Books Bill Rini wrote a post about poker books the other day.
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- Accordion books, bingo are focus of Cerritos Library events
- Parent-child interaction plus books? Bingo!
- Super Bowl helps Nevada sports books set record
- 2007 World Series: Dinner without Duthie
- Free Million Dollar Poker Tournament Takes Place Online
- Why sports books dont want to offer bets on the Olympics, anyway
- Sports books took a beating on Denver’s win
- Publishers Cash In on Internet Poker Craze
- Underdog victory hurts sports books
Casino gambling information:
- 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. - 1905: The town of Las Vegas is founded when the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company holds a land auction at the site on May 15.
1912: The Majestic - Las Vegas's very first theater - opens, featuring the best vaudeville acts and motion pictures of the time. - Las Vegas is a testament of the powerful ability of gambling to foster economic development. Because of gambling, Las Vegas has shown impressive job growth, developed into a major city with a low tax burden that many state and local governments look at with envy.
- 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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