Bodog Casino Player Hits $200,000 Jackpot

It was a day like any other in the Bodog Casino for 55-year-old Howard G. of Houston, Texas, playing “Victory” slots like he’d done many times before, but that all changed when the reels spun and revealed four “captains” and a “ship”. Acting as a wil

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Tue, June 24th, 2008

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Interesting gambling facts:

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Playing cards are believed to have been invented in China and/or India sometime around 900 A.D. The Chinese are thought to have originated card games when they began shuffling paper money (another Chinese invention) into various combinations.
  • A nationwide survey by the U.S. Travel Industry Association found that 38% of all U.S. residents have been to Las Vegas in their lifetime. The average length of visitors' stay in Las Vegas was almost 4 days (3.7).