Pucks Bucks: Saturday’s NHL betting preview

Scott Rickenbach is a professional handicapper with Covers Experts. To buy his NHL or other sports picks, click here . Washington at Boston (-111, 5.5): Last weekend, the Capitals beat the Bruins 10-2 in Washington. This weekend the Brui…

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Sat, March 8th, 2008

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Interesting gambling information:

  • Massachusetts decriminalized bingo in 1931 in an attempt to help churches and charitable organizations raise money. Bingo was legal in 11 states by the 1950s, usually only for charity purposes.
  • Las Vegas is a testament of the powerful ability of gambling to foster economic development. Because of gambling, Las Vegas has shown impressive job growth, developed into a major city with a low tax burden that many state and local governments look at with envy.
  • The first airplane flight to Las Vegas was made in May, 1920, with Lieutenant Randall Henderson, editor of the Blythe, California Herald, and Jack Beckley.
  • The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.