Bingo! I’ve Won A Million

A MUM was last night celebrating becoming Britain’s first bingo club millionaire. Margaret Shearer’s numbers came up just three weeks after she lost her job - and thanks to new laws which have allowed the monster jackpots in clubs.

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Fri, September 21st, 2007

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    1949: Benny Binion sets up a high-stakes poker game at his Horseshoe casino between Nick "The Greek" Dandalos and Johnny Moss. It turns into an epic five-month poker match, laying the foundations for the World Series of Poker.
  • In 1891, Sittman and Pitt of Brooklyn began to manufacture the first nationally known poker card machines. The machines maintained their enormous popularity until just before World War I.
  • Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931 by Mayme V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming License No. 1.
  • As early as 1420, lotteries were used in Europe for public works. High-value commodities such as land and art were often sold through lotteries.