Paris Hilton has revealed she enjoys a spot of gambling

Paris Hilton has admitted that she enjoys a spot of gambling. The hotel heiress paid a visit to Atlantic City over the weekend with boyfriend Benji Madden and his brother Joel, where she found time to play a …

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Tue, September 30th, 2008

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Gambling history facts:

  • The second oldest casino hotel resort on the Las Vegas Strip was the Last Frontier and it opened in October of 1942. It had 105 guestrooms and the property was made to look like an old western town. The first casino hotel resort opened just 18 months earlier and was called El Rancho.
  • The introduction of the single zero wheel (with better odds for the player) resulted in the demise of the double zero wheels in Europe and has become known as the "French Wheel" in roulette history.
  • Riverboat casinos were first legalized in Iowa, then Illinois, followed closely by Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
  • Poker is derived from the Persian game of "as nar" and was probably based on the dice game "tali", which was played by the Romans.