Ask Jack: Verbal Declarations

The Foxwoods Poker Classic starts today, the U.K. has ruled that poker is a game of chance and today two flights combine for Day 2 of the EPT Grand Final in Monaco. via Cardplayer.com

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Mon, April 2nd, 2007

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Interesting gambling facts:

  • 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.
  • By the 1370s, playing cards had reached Europe in a form that is recognizable today, with a pack consisting of 52 cards with suits of swords, polo-sticks, cups and coins.
  • Gambling is Often Legalized to Promote Economic Development of Depressed Areas. That was an important motivation in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and many of the other locales for casinos.
  • Lotteries were brought to America in the 1800s by the thousands of Chinese immigrants who worked in the mines and on the railroads.