Tribes fight for gambling compacts
SACRAMENTO, Aug. 30 (COPLEY NEWS SERVICE): An intense political standoff enveloped the Assembly yesterday as Agua Caliente scrambled to save its stalled gambling agreement and three other tribes arrived with expansive new deals that they want lawmakers to ratify.
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Interesting gambling facts:
- If you have even seen a Baccarat player bend the cards and make a fold in them, don't be surprised. This is common because once the decks in the card shoe are finished in Baccarat, they are usually thrown away. In Baccarat, do not bet on a tie hand.
- 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.
- Lotteries were brought to America in the 1800s by the thousands of Chinese immigrants who worked in the mines and on the railroads.
- In 1911 US legislation prohibited stud poker but ruled that draw poker was a game of skill and therefore was not illegal.
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