Ark board OKs gaming rules, but doesn’t say what games are OK

The state Racing Commission on Tuesday approved regulations governing electronic games of skill to be played at race tracks at Hot Springs and West Memphis, but still hasn’t identified specifically what such a …

Read the rest >>

Tue, August 1st, 2006

Related Poker News:

Interesting gambling information:

  • It was during the 1930's that slot machines began to become very popular across America, and in the late 40's Bugsy Siegel added machines to his Flamingo Hilton hotel in Las Vegas.
  • The casino at Spa, a Belgian resort town noted for its mineral baths, was built by the Prince Bishop of the province of Liege in 1763.
  • Gambling is Often Legalized to Promote Economic Development of Depressed Areas. That was an important motivation in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and many of the other locales for casinos.
  • French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.