Delays in Iron County commercial gambling case continue
HURLEY — Yet another review in the more than one-and-a-half-year-old commercial gambling case against a Hurley businessman is being held in Iron County today.
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- Lotteries were brought to America in the 1800s by the thousands of Chinese immigrants who worked in the mines and on the railroads.
- 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.
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