A Tragic Dead Man’s Hand
Posted Jan 15th 2007 5:00PM by Wil Wheaton Filed under: Odds & Ends Back in my teenage days, I was a big fan of the stupid dealer’s choice poker night.
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Interesting gambling information:
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- 1941: The Strip gets its first luxury hotel. El Rancho Vegas sets the trend for many of the themed resorts that sprout along the Strip in later years.
1942: The first wedding chapel, the Little Church of the West, opens on the Strip in the Last Frontier Hotel. - Casino chips were used in the 18th century as a substitute for money being wagered. Originally, they were pieces of bones, mother of pearl or ivory engraved with the name of the casino and their respective value.
- Gambling is defined by the Webster's New World Dictionary as the following: to play games of chance for money or some other stake, or to take a risk in order to gain some advantage.
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