Woman marks 104th birthday with win

“Her story-telling ability is her way to inform me of a life I never lived”

Martha Cantelmo celebrated her 104th birthday in high style this week. She dined at Wolfgang Puck American Grill at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa with a dozen of her closest friends and relatives. via CourierPostOnline

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Sat, August 18th, 2007

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  • In 1980, the American Psychological Association included pathological gambling in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III).
  • Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931 by Mayme V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming License No. 1.
  • In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
  • Blackjack originated in French casinos around the 1700's where it was called "vingt-et-un" (twenty-and-one) and has been in United States since the 1800's.