New Jersey Supreme Court Denies Petition to Keep Casinos Open
July 4 (Bloomberg) — Workers at Atlantic City, New Jersey’s 12 casinos will stop dealing cards and serving drinks tomorrow morning after New Jersey’s Supreme Court refused to block an order to close as the state government remains shut amidst a budget stalemate.
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Gambling history facts:
- Baccarat is the principal of casino card games in the United Kingdom and Europe. Blackjack is a fixture in all American casinos.
- In 1891, Sittman and Pitt of Brooklyn began to manufacture the first nationally known poker card machines. The machines maintained their enormous popularity until just before World War I.
- In 1911 US legislation prohibited stud poker but ruled that draw poker was a game of skill and therefore was not illegal.
- Poker is derived from the Persian game of "as nar" and was probably based on the dice game "tali", which was played by the Romans.
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