Casino smoking plan a ‘Band-Aid,’ Foxwoods workers complain to Rell

Foxwoods workers notified Gov. M. Jodi Rells office Wednesday that an anticipated high-tech ventilation system at the states two casinos was a Band-Aid and not an adequate solution to secondhand smoke.

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Thu, January 8th, 2009

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    1949: Benny Binion sets up a high-stakes poker game at his Horseshoe casino between Nick "The Greek" Dandalos and Johnny Moss. It turns into an epic five-month poker match, laying the foundations for the World Series of Poker.
  • In 1911 US legislation prohibited stud poker but ruled that draw poker was a game of skill and therefore was not illegal.
  • The term "turned the tables" is actually a chess term coming from the mid 1600's. When a player was losing, they would physically turn the chess table to assume the winning side of the table.
  • People earning $10,000 per year gamble more than twice as much money as people earning $30-40,000 per year. People earning $10,000 per year gamble four times as much money as those making $80,000 or more per year.