The Montel Williams MS Foundation to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell

What: Montel Williams, Founder of The Montel Williams MS Foundation, will preside over the closing bell to kick off the foundation’s gala and pro-celebrity poker challenge on Thursday March 13. via CSRwire.com

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Sun, March 16th, 2008

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  • The term "turned the tables" is actually a chess term coming from the mid 1600's. When a player was losing, they would physically turn the chess table to assume the winning side of the table.
  • Horse racing is the best known and widespread parimutuel betting event. Horse racing is the only form of partimutuel wagering legal in California.
  • 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.
  • The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.