Favorites must buck history
Curlin is the 7-2 morning-line favorite and Street Sense the 4-1 second choice, although the betting public easily could reverse that order by the time the capacity field of 20 goes to the post at 6:04 p.m. EDT.
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Gambling history facts:
- Although baccara has its origins in medieval Italy, it soon spread to France, where it was called "chemin de fer" (meaning railway, due to the action of the card box or shoe passing around the table on "tracks").
- Legal gambling operations in Washington reported $1.7 billion in net receipts in 2005: 61 percent was reported by tribal casinos, 10 percent came from the state lottery. 2 percent of responders in a February state survey said they placed bets online.
- In 1978, New Jersey became the second state to legalize casino gambling in an attempt to revitalize the rundown resort area of Atlantic City. The legalization was restricted only to Atlantic City.
- The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
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