Jackson County Gambling Bust
It was a busy weekend for Jackson County sheriff’s officials who shut down a gambling operation just across the Alabama border. Nearly $200,000 dollars of cash and gambling equipment were seized.
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Gambling casinos info:
- 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."
- In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
- Dog racing (a race among greyhounds who chase after a mechanical rabbit) operates in 17 states. Jai-alai (a game similar to handball) is legal in just three: Connecticut, Florida, and Rhode Island.
- By the 1370s, playing cards had reached Europe in a form that is recognizable today, with a pack consisting of 52 cards with suits of swords, polo-sticks, cups and coins.
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