Mystery of World Series of Poker ‘Bubble Boy’ Solved

Hoa Manh Nguyen, the infamous World Series of Poker ‘bubble boy’ was finally found over the weekend in Sunnyvale, California and has accepted his invitation to the €2 million guaranteed Irish Poker Open held in Dublin over Easter Weekend 2007. Mr.

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Wed, January 31st, 2007

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Interesting gambling facts:

  • Pathological gambling is recognized as a medical disorder by the American Psychiatric Association and has elements of addiction similar to alcohol and drug addiction.
  • The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
  • 1946: Two famous landmarks open: Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo, and the Golden Nugget. Nevada levies its first gaming tax.
    1949: Benny Binion sets up a high-stakes poker game at his Horseshoe casino between Nick "The Greek" Dandalos and Johnny Moss. It turns into an epic five-month poker match, laying the foundations for the World Series of Poker.
  • Many casinos in Nevada were financed by mobsters. Most notable perhaps was Las Vegas' Flamingo which was opened in 1947 by Bugsy Siegel.