Nicolas Cage to play famed poker player
“Slim has led a picaresque life and is a true American original, and the breadth of his experiences requires a fair amount of research”
A film about the life of gambling legend “Amarillo Slim” is in development and some of it will be shot in Texas, the project’s producer said. via El Paso Times
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Do you know that:
- 1941: The Strip gets its first luxury hotel. El Rancho Vegas sets the trend for many of the themed resorts that sprout along the Strip in later years.
1942: The first wedding chapel, the Little Church of the West, opens on the Strip in the Last Frontier Hotel. - Playing cards are believed to have been invented in China and/or India sometime around 900 A.D. The Chinese are thought to have originated card games when they began shuffling paper money (another Chinese invention) into various combinations.
- By the 18th and 19th centuries a dice game called Hazard had become popular in England and was played by the aristocracy in private gambling houses.
- 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.
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