Council Bluffs casinos rebound
IOWA As reported by the Nonpareil News: “Gross gaming receipts rebounded at Council Bluffs casinos during February, topping January’s market totals by $1.3 million despite snowy weekends and three fewer days in the month, according to figures released by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission.
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Casino gambling information:
- The first airplane flight to Las Vegas was made in May, 1920, with Lieutenant Randall Henderson, editor of the Blythe, California Herald, and Jack Beckley.
- French mathematicians Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Pascal explored the mathematics of gambling, leading to the formulation of Pascal's theory of probability in 1654.
- Keno, the casino version of lotto, originated in China nearly 2000 years ago when Cheung Heung devised a lottery as a way of raising funds for his province's army.
- In 1911, the state of California ruled that "draw" poker was a skill, and thus could not be banned under existing anti-gambling laws. However, "Stud" poker was still considered illegal at the time.
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