2 Montco Men Plead Guilty to Sports Betting Ring
The son-in-law of former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo and his brother have pleaded guilty to charges related to a multi-million dollar sports betting ring.
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Gambling casinos history:
- 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.
- The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
- Blackjack originated in French casinos around the 1700's where it was called "vingt-et-un" (twenty-and-one) and has been in United States since the 1800's.
- 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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