Jeff Haney talks to an industry veteran about the effect on cardrooms of the recent online gambling crackdown
Nearly everyone in poker has a take on how the government’s recent crackdown on Internet gambling will affect traditional casino cardrooms, or “brick-and-mortar” poker rooms, as they have come to be known.Save
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Casino gambling facts:
- Gaming is now the States' favorite pastime. More individuals gamble than the combined total of those attending movies, sports, music events, theme parks and live entertainment.
- 1994: On New Year's Day Frank Sinatra gives his last Las Vegas performance at the MGM Grand.
1998: Opening of the Bellagio. With 3,026 rooms it is the largest hotel in the world, and also the most expensive - it cost $1.7 billion to build. - By the 1370s, playing cards had reached Europe in a form that is recognizable today, with a pack consisting of 52 cards with suits of swords, polo-sticks, cups and coins.
- 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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