Poker’s Top Asian Pros Eye Top Plum at APT Manila

The top professional poker players with Asian heritage are aiming for nothing less than the top prize at the upcoming Asian Poker Tour Philippines leg this coming May 27 to June 1. Korean-born Steve Sung, Vietnam-native Quinn Do and Vietnames

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Fri, May 9th, 2008

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Interesting gambling information:

  • Keno, the casino version of lotto, originated in China nearly 2000 years ago when Cheung Heung devised a lottery as a way of raising funds for his province's army.
  • 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.
  • One of the oldest casinos in Europe, at Baden Baden in Germany, was opened in 1748 by Edouard Benazet, who employed Parisian craftsmen to design the stylish rooms.
  • In 1911 US legislation prohibited stud poker but ruled that draw poker was a game of skill and therefore was not illegal.