Poker Player Wins Vegas World Series Of Golf

LAS VEGAS — A 33-year-old professional poker player from North Carolina has turned a $10,000 buy-in into $300,000 by winning the World Series of Golf in Las Vegas.

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Fri, May 15th, 2009

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  • Riverboat Gaming Has Captured 20% of the Casino Market Share. Mississippi now has more gambling square footage than Atlantic City.
  • The most popular forms of illegal games are "numbers", which is essentially a lottery, and betting with bookies, typically sports betting.
  • Las Vegas in Nevada owes its success to the mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel who organized gaming and bookmaking operations for The Mob (the Mafia).