Poker, golf combine for unique event in Las Vegas

Combining the principles of high-stakes poker with the spirit of the Skins Game, the World Series of Golf returns to Las Vegas May 12-15 and gives amateur golfers a shot at winning a $250,000 grand prize.

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Sat, May 10th, 2008

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Gambling casinos info:

  • Las Vegas in Nevada owes its success to the mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel who organized gaming and bookmaking operations for The Mob (the Mafia).
  • Casino gambling, including Indian gaming, is legal in 27 states and most of the casinos have been built in the last 5 years according to "America's Gambling Fever", U. S. News and World Report, 15 Jan 1996
  • In 1911 US legislation prohibited stud poker but ruled that draw poker was a game of skill and therefore was not illegal.
  • Casino is defined by the Webster's New World Dictionary as the following: a small country house, or a building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, gaming, or a game at cards.