High stakes for MSU Alumni
By ANDREA JOHNSON, Staff Writer ajohnson@minotdailynews.com Andrea Johnson/MDN People play Texas Hold’em poker during the North Dakota State Championship Poker Tournament Saturday at the Vegas Hotel in Minot.
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Casino gambling facts:
- Las Vegas in Nevada owes its success to the mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel who organized gaming and bookmaking operations for The Mob (the Mafia).
- 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.
- People earning $10,000 per year gamble more than twice as much money as people earning $30-40,000 per year. People earning $10,000 per year gamble four times as much money as those making $80,000 or more per year.
- Lotteries were brought to America in the 1800s by the thousands of Chinese immigrants who worked in the mines and on the railroads.
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