Billionaire Packer Bets on Casinos as Murdoch Skewers TV Moves
Aug. 22 (Bloomberg) — Australian billionaire James Packer’s latest trip to England became front-page news when Rupert Murdoch’s Sydney tabloid, the Daily Telegraph, attacked him for playing polo and attending Wimbledon as his Nine Network fired 100 journalists.
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Gambling casinos info:
- The name blackjack came from an early bet (since discontinued) that paid 10 to 1 if the player got a jack of spades and an ace of spades, both black cards, as the first two cards.
- 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. - The first legal lottery in the twentieth century was the New Hampshire Sweepstakes which began on March 12, 1964. Currently 37 states and the District of Columbia operate lotteries.
- Casino is defined by the Webster's New World Dictionary as the following: a small country house, or a building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, gaming, or a game at cards.
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