Poker star tied up and robbed with his own shotguns

Famed poker player “Amarillo Slim” was not injured when two armed men tied him up in his home and robbed him, police said.
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Tue, January 30th, 2007

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  • French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.
  • Dice games have existed in one form or another for over 2000 years and were originally played with dice fashioned from the knucklebones of sheep.
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