HUMBOLDT COUNTY / 3 charged in $198,000 casino theft / Phone records led to identification of suspects, police say
Three suspects face federal charges that they stole $198,000 during an elaborately planned predawn theft at a Humboldt County Indian casino, court records released Tuesday show. Peter Daniel Collins, 35, Emily Katherine Weitzel, 22, and Daniel Ivan…
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- In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
- The Gold Rush brought a huge increase in the amount and types of gambling to California. San Francisco replaced New Orleans as the center for gambling in the United States.
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1959: Wayne Newton performs in Vegas for the first time, despite the fact that he is still too young to enter a casino.
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