Series, Specials and Sports Highlights
* What to watch the week of August 13-19. In her bestselling 2005 memoir, “Life Is Not a Fairy Tale,” third-season “American Idol” winner Fantasia Barrino came clean about her illiteracy (she’s now working with tutors and pursuing her GED), sexual abuse and wild years growing up in North Carolina.
Related Sports Betting News:
- FANTASY GAMBLING
- Sports quotes of the year
- Hotline: ESPN puts on a (new) poker face
- Carson Valley Inn set for football
- Bay Area Hold ‘Em: McClatchy’s Orphan Deals Solidify Focus in Non-Major Markets
- The Full Tilt Poker.net World Series of Golf Signs Multi-year Deal With CBS Sports: Annual Sports Event Returns to …
- Hit the books
- Yankees, Mets Are Favored to Reach World Series by Oddsmakers
- Housing market adapts to baby boomers needs
- Poking fun at poker series – no bluff here!
- Sky Offers Mobile Gambling
- Acclaimed Actor Jeremy Piven, Star of HBO’s Hit Series Entourage, Makes Appearance on NBX Sports Podcast at NBX.com
Interesting gambling facts:
- 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.
- 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.
- When playing blackjack, always split Aces and never split 4's, 5's or Tens. You would be surprised at how many players split Tens. Why risk getting a lower hand when you already have a twenty value? Also note that at most casinos, you are not allowed to re-split Aces.
- 1967: Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Anne Beaulieu on May 1 in the chapel of the Aladdin Hotel.
1970: Binion's Horseshoe casino hosts the first World Series of Poker.
1971: Female card dealers begin working on the Strip for the first time.
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