Grill wants to add off-track betting
Horse-racing enthusiasts may soon not have to leave Scottsdale to place bets on races from around the country.
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- Stoney Point Grill planning move for next spring
- Off-track betting renewed at sports bar
- Gambling raid staged at Bypass Bar & Grill
- Winner’s changes direction on new facility
- Some area bars passing on Keno
- House to grill honchos on steroids
- Guilty plea in Mundelein drug, gambling sting
- Pools overlook women’s sports
- It’s not that kind of office
- Bar owner admits to role in gambling ring
- Some casino restaurants go smoke-free
- Wagers a sure thing for bar food, fun
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.
- Las Vegas in Nevada owes its success to the mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel who organized gaming and bookmaking operations for The Mob (the Mafia).
- 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.
- The first legal lottery in the twentieth century was the New Hampshire Sweepstakes which began on March 12, 1964. Currently 37 states and the District of Columbia operate lotteries.
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