Poker Champ and Vice-Presidential Candidate?: An Interview with Greg Raymer Poker News
Poker Champ and Vice-Presidential Candidate?: An Interview with Greg Raymer Poker News BC: Back in April, you went to Washington D.C. along with Chris Ferguson and Howard Lederer, to protest the government’s …
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Interesting gambling facts:
- The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.
- 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 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.
- The first legal lottery in the twentieth century was the New Hampshire Sweepstakes which began on March 12, 1964. Currently 37 states and the District of Columbia operate lotteries.
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