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The
world record for an overall jackpot was set in December 1999 at
$1.2bn (£750m) by Spain's El Gordo, meaning the Fat One.
But the Spanish lottery is also the world's easiest - it spreads
the prize pool among thousands of winners, with a one in six
chance of winning something.
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In
Poker, a pair of Aces and eights is called the dead man's hand -
so name because this is the hand that Wild Bill Hickok was
holding when shot dead.
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Richard
Nixon financed his first congressional run with poker winnings
won in the South Pacific during WWII..
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Blackjack
is the only game that affords players the opportunity to play
with a mathematical edge over the house.
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Shrimp
consumption in Las Vegas is more than 60,000 pounds a day --
higher than the rest of the country combined!
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Casino
cheats are often referred to by casinos as 'crossroads'
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Players
who chase their losses are sometimes referred to as 'steamers' ,
'pigeons; or 'plungers'.
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The
largest slot machine payout is $39,713,982.25 (£25,361,761),
won by a 25-year-old software engineer from Los Angeles after
putting in $100 (£64) in the Megabucks slot machine at the
Excalibur Hotel Casino on March 21, 2003.
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Nearly
76% of men and 68% of women gambled in the Uk over the past
year. 75% of teenagers gamble.
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A
1910 law made it illegal to gamble in Las
Vegas
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Over
100,000 people play poker at the Bellagio in Las Vegas each year
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Gambling
became legalized in Las Vegas in 1931- until then a 1910 law had
expressly made it illegal to gamble in Las Vegas
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Boulder
City, located a few miles southeast of Las Vegas, is the only
town in Nevada that prohibits gambling.
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On
1
June,
Joachim
M.
won
the
biggest
online
slot
jackpot
ever...
$1,779,827
playing
Major
Millions
slots
at
Jackpot
City Online Casino
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20%
of the worlds 'high intensity' electronic gaming machines are
located in Australia.
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The
highest gross gaming revenue generated by the casinos and
entertainment complexes of a city in a year is US$7,673,134,286
(£5,416,584,982) by Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in 2000.
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The
odds of getting an Ace high Royal Flush in a 5 card (no wild)
poker deal is 650,000 to 1.
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The
odds of getting four of a kind in a 5 card (no wild) poker deal
is 4,000 to 1.
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The
odds of winning powerball in:
- the US : 1 in 80,089,128
- Australia : 1 in 54,979,155
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The
odds of winning the British, Canadian, French or Spanish (Pimera)
lotto's are the same : 1 in 13,983,816
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The
odds of winning the Spanish Pimera are 1 in 13,983,816.
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Australian
adults, on average, spend more money each year on gambling
(losses not turnover) than on sporting activities or cultural
and entertainment activities.
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40%
of all Australians gamble at least once per week.
