Dementieva outlasts Jankovic for JPMorgan Chase Open title
Elena Dementieva overcame her own nerves and Jelena Jankovic’s gambling style for 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 victory in the JPMorgan Chase Open final Sunday. Dementieva smacked a crosscourt forehand winner on her third championship point of the 2-plus-hour match, then jumped and squealed with delight at winning her sixth career title.
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Interesting gambling facts:
- The famous banker J.P. Morgan once walked out of a Monte Carlo casino because the stakes were too low? At the time, the maximum wager was 12,000 francs and Morgan wanted it increased to 20,000 francs. When the casino manager refused to increase the limit, Morgan left the casino saying "12,000 francs! I have no time to lose such ridiculous amounts."
- 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.
- 2000: MGM Grand Inc. stages the gaming industry's largest corporate buyout with its $6 million purchase of Mirage Resorts Inc.
2005: Las Vegas celebrates one illustrious century on May 15. - Gambling is defined by the Webster's New World Dictionary as the following: to play games of chance for money or some other stake, or to take a risk in order to gain some advantage.
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