Jeff Haney gets the lowdown on betting for the Masters, which begins today and has sports books seeing a lot of action …
Ten years after he won his first Masters tournament, Tiger Woods stands out as the player to watch at Augusta - and at the betting windows in Las Vegas, where the Masters generates more wagering dollars than any event on golf’s calendar.
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Interesting gambling facts:
- The name of the game "Poker" likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen ("to knock"), but it is not clear whether the games named by those terms were the real origins of poker.
- In Cuba, during the 1950's, the blackjack shoe was first introduced. The dealers in Cuba handled the cards really well and management thought that the dealers may be being a little too good to their friends. So, to curb their suspicions, management decided to use a "dealing box" which is currently known as a shoe.
- Baccara (Italian) or baccarat (French) both translate to "zero" in English. The importance of this name is found in the tens and face cards, both sharing the zero value.
- The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
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