Watermelon Festival starts this evening
MONTROSE - It’s armband night tonight at the opening of the Montrose Watermelon Festival. Those looking for some fun can pay $12 for unlimited rides at the carnival. The food stand opens at 5 p.m. and there will be bingo and a flea market on each of the days of the festival.
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Interesting gambling information:
- The age of electronic games began in 1964 with the Nevada Electronic's solid state "21" machines. The most successful of these was the Dale Electronics' Poker-Matic, which could be found in most Nevada casinos.
- Dice games have existed in one form or another for over 2000 years and were originally played with dice fashioned from the knucklebones of sheep.
- Up to the 1960s, Nevada was plagued by teamster financing, hidden ownership, employment of individuals of questionable character and background, and the clear links to organized crime.
- In 1911, the state of California ruled that "draw" poker was a skill, and thus could not be banned under existing anti-gambling laws. However, "Stud" poker was still considered illegal at the time.
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