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How Nevada’s Sportsbooks Moved Into Casinos: 1951–1975
How Nevada’s sportsbooks left casinos after the 1951 federal wagering tax and returned in 1975, with disputed dates and counts noted.
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The History of Texas Hold’em: From Robstown to Las Vegas
How Texas Hold’em grew from a Texas road gamblers’ game to the 1970 World Series of Poker, and why its origin, dates and Las…
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The History of Blackjack: From Twenty-One to the Casino
How blackjack grew from Spanish veintiuna and French vingt-et-un into a Nevada casino game, and why the story of its name is more legend…
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The Flamingo Opens in Las Vegas: December 26, 1946
The Flamingo opened in Las Vegas on December 26, 1946. Follow Bugsy Siegel, Billy Wilkerson, the cost overruns, the closure and the unsolved 1947…
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The 1919 Black Sox Scandal: What Happened
What was the Black Sox scandal? Follow the 1919 World Series fix, the 1921 acquittal of the White Sox players and Judge Landis’s lifetime…
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The History of the Point Spread: Who Invented It?
Who invented the point spread? Charles K. McNeil is credited, but doubts remain. Trace its Chicago origins and the 1951 point-shaving scandals.
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How the World Series of Poker Began: Reno to Las Vegas
How did the World Series of Poker begin? Follow it from a 1969 Reno gathering to the 1970 Horseshoe vote, the first freezeout and…
