DARWIN BUD THREADGILL | 1930 - 2007: Rodeo cowboy drove stage for Vegas casino
The North Texas native worked for Las Vegas gambling kingpin Benny Binion and his Horseshoe casino.
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Interesting gambling information:
- Playing cards are believed to have been invented in China and/or India sometime around 900 A.D. The Chinese are thought to have originated card games when they began shuffling paper money (another Chinese invention) into various combinations.
- Bingo as we know it today is a form of lottery and is a direct descendant of Lo Giuoco del Lotto d'Italia - the Italian National Lottery organized in 1530.
- The El Rancho Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas was known for a few firsts. It was the first casino/resort on the Strip opening in 1941 with 63 guestrooms. It was also the first to offer a buffet. The cost of the buffet was only $1.00! The El Rancho burned down in 1960 and fortunately no one was hurt.
- The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
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