Dealers begin training for new empl…..

Nearly 300 blackjack, craps and poker dealers are already in training as the Charles Town Races & Slots ramps up toward a July 1 debut of table games at the Eastern Panhandle track.

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Thu, February 4th, 2010

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Interesting gambling facts:

  • Gambling is Often Legalized to Promote Economic Development of Depressed Areas. That was an important motivation in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and many of the other locales for casinos.
  • The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
  • Bingo as we know it today is a form of lottery and is a direct descendant of Lo Giuoco del Lotto d'Italia - the Italian National Lottery organized in 1530.
  • Although baccara has its origins in medieval Italy, it soon spread to France, where it was called "chemin de fer" (meaning railway, due to the action of the card box or shoe passing around the table on "tracks").