Fan fave Kahne turns gamble into All-Star Race runaway
Kasey Kahne picked up a $1 million payday Saturday night by gambling on a late pit stop to steal a win in NASCAR’s All-Star race. Kahne didn’t take tires on the pit stop before the fourth and final 25-lap segment, a decision that helped him restart in second when the race resumed.
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Casino gambling facts:
- The famous banker J.P. Morgan once walked out of a Monte Carlo casino because the stakes were too low? At the time, the maximum wager was 12,000 francs and Morgan wanted it increased to 20,000 francs. When the casino manager refused to increase the limit, Morgan left the casino saying "12,000 francs! I have no time to lose such ridiculous amounts."
- In 1980, the American Psychological Association included pathological gambling in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III).
- The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
- 1905: The town of Las Vegas is founded when the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company holds a land auction at the site on May 15.
1912: The Majestic - Las Vegas's very first theater - opens, featuring the best vaudeville acts and motion pictures of the time.
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