Kelley rips gambling maneuvers

State Rep. Kasha Kelley (R-Arkansas City) would have voted against the recent bill to expand gambling in the state regardless of how it was packaged or processed.

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Sat, April 7th, 2007

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Casino gambling facts:

  • The major differences between regular poker and video poker is that you are playing against a machine rather than real people, and your goal is to achieve particular hands rather than beat opponents hands.
  • The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
  • In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
  • The famous banker J.P. Morgan once walked out of a Monte Carlo casino because the stakes were too low? At the time, the maximum wager was 12,000 francs and Morgan wanted it increased to 20,000 francs. When the casino manager refused to increase the limit, Morgan left the casino saying "12,000 francs! I have no time to lose such ridiculous amounts."