PPA Takes Online Poker Fight to the Hill
Moneymaker goes to Washington This is the week the Poker Players Alliance sends about a hundred known poker players into the nation’s capitol to lobby for the return of online poker as a legal past time. via Las Vegas and Poker Blog
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- William Hill Stops Taking Online Poker, Casino Bets From U.S.
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Interesting gambling facts:
- The El Rancho Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas was known for a few firsts. It was the first casino/resort on the Strip opening in 1941 with 63 guestrooms. It was also the first to offer a buffet. The cost of the buffet was only $1.00! The El Rancho burned down in 1960 and fortunately no one was hurt.
- In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
- U.S. News and World Report did a comparison of crime rates in cities with gambling versus those that do not. The crime rates were significantly higher in the places that allowed gambling.
- Catholics were found to be more likely to gamble than Protestants and other religious groups. Catholics were also found to be less likely to disapprove of gambling than other religious groups.
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