Alfonse speaks out
Over the weekend an article on Internet poker authored by a familiar name appeared in the Boston press, where Poker Players’ Alliance chairman and former Senator Alfonse D’Amato described the campaign by Congressman Barney Frank to legalise online gambling in the United States as “heroic.”
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Casino gambling information:
- Up to the 1960s, Nevada was plagued by teamster financing, hidden ownership, employment of individuals of questionable character and background, and the clear links to organized crime.
- In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
- The most significant forms of illegal gambling in the United States are numbers, betting with bookmakers or bookies, and sports pools or sports cards.
- The first World Series of Poker was held in downtown Las Vegas at the Horseshoe Casino back in 1970. Then owner of the Horseshoe Jack Binion, hosted the very first one and has agreed to host upcoming World Series of Poker Tournament Circuit. Jack Binion said that is purely honorary and plans on doing other types deals and events in the future.
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