Pinnacle buys land, signals third riverboat casino
Pinnacle Entertainment, the Las Vegas gaming company that owns a riverboat casino in Lake Charles and recently bought two more Louisiana riverboat licenses, could be moving toward placing a third boat in the Baton Rouge market.
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- 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.
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