Poker Playera s Alliance To Take The Fight To Congress

The Poker Players Alliance has launched National Poker Week an even t which will continue the push for regulation of online poker in the USA.

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Wed, June 24th, 2009

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Interesting gambling information:

  • The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
  • Dog racing (a race among greyhounds who chase after a mechanical rabbit) operates in 17 states. Jai-alai (a game similar to handball) is legal in just three: Connecticut, Florida, and Rhode Island.
  • 1951: On September 4, Frank Sinatra makes his Vegas debut, performing in the Crystal Room at the Desert Inn.
    1959: Wayne Newton performs in Vegas for the first time, despite the fact that he is still too young to enter a casino.
  • Pathological gambling is recognized as a medical disorder by the American Psychiatric Association and has elements of addiction similar to alcohol and drug addiction.