Hip-Hop Infused Poker Television Show Coming To Television

Czar Entertainment , Premo Pictures and IMG Media announced the premiere of ” Hip-Hop Hold’ Em ,” a new weekley television series showcasing Hip-Hop artists competing in tournament-style poker challenges.

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Tue, August 29th, 2006

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  • The Gold Rush brought a huge increase in the amount and types of gambling to California. San Francisco replaced New Orleans as the center for gambling in the United States.
  • The name of the game "Poker" likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen ("to knock"), but it is not clear whether the games named by those terms were the real origins 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.
  • Las Vegas is a testament of the powerful ability of gambling to foster economic development. Because of gambling, Las Vegas has shown impressive job growth, developed into a major city with a low tax burden that many state and local governments look at with envy.