Mayor blasts pokies rejection
“This is a victory for our community and hopefully a trend that will see pokies pulled out of venues down south and across Casey”
CASEY Council will not support more poker machines in Tooradin. The Tooradin and District Sports Club had sought council support for its application to the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation for 12 … via Cranbourne News
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Do you know that:
- Many casinos in Nevada were financed by mobsters. Most notable perhaps was Las Vegas' Flamingo which was opened in 1947 by Bugsy Siegel.
- 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.
- If you have even seen a Baccarat player bend the cards and make a fold in them, don't be surprised. This is common because once the decks in the card shoe are finished in Baccarat, they are usually thrown away. In Baccarat, do not bet on a tie hand.
- In 1911, the state of California ruled that "draw" poker was a skill, and thus could not be banned under existing anti-gambling laws. However, "Stud" poker was still considered illegal at the time.
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