Low-Income Senior Housing Reopens In The Bay

The community room at the “Notre Dame de la Mer” had always been a gathering place for birthdays, bingo, and afternoon coffees until Katrina ruined the party.

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Mon, September 18th, 2006

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    2005: Las Vegas celebrates one illustrious century on May 15.
  • By the 18th and 19th centuries a dice game called Hazard had become popular in England and was played by the aristocracy in private gambling houses.
  • The famous banker J.P. Morgan once walked out of a Monte Carlo casino because the stakes were too low? At the time, the maximum wager was 12,000 francs and Morgan wanted it increased to 20,000 francs. When the casino manager refused to increase the limit, Morgan left the casino saying "12,000 francs! I have no time to lose such ridiculous amounts."
  • Poker is derived from the Persian game of "as nar" and was probably based on the dice game "tali", which was played by the Romans.