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Obviously very little is known about such an old lottery but it is believed by historians that this lottery was used to finance major undertakings such as the construction of the Great Wall. This early version of Keno was known as the "white pigeon game", so named for the birds that flew from village to village with the results.
So little is known due to the lack of records, not because the winning participants ticked the "no publicity" box. Difficulty: Average.

 

Egypt, Hungary, Russia

Texas Hold Em, originally just called "Holdem" dates back to the early 20th century as a variation of poker. But it didn't really catch on until it was played at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas in the late '60s. It has since become the most popular tournament game in poker. Difficulty: Hard.

 

the turn, the river, the community chest

The Venetian in Macau (a special administrative region of China) was the biggest casino in the world when it opened in August 2007, with over half of its 10,000,000 square feet dedicated to gambling areas. The remaining space is used as a hotel. Macau legalised gambling in the mid 1800s, and has relied on it for a large proportion of its GDP for decades. Difficulty: Average.

 

Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore

Before the Liberty Bell, slot machines had five reels and playing cards were used as symbols, but it was difficult to assign payouts with the many combinations which could result. Three reel slot machines payed a player when the combination of three symbols in a row was made. Jackpot was made when three liberty bells lined up. Prizes were not always monetary but could be cigars or chewing gum. They were very popular in their time. Difficulty: Hard.

 

the Cherry Popper, the Lemon Tree, the Ace of Spades

The correct answer is called a royal flush. Having an Ace, King, Queen, Ten, Nine of spades is called a flush. That is when all cards are in the same suit, but not of specific values (ascending in increments of one). Getting all four aces is called "four of a kind," and is the third best hand (behind a straight flush, this is five cards in order and in the same suit but not a royal flush). A royal flush is the best possible straight flush in a suit. Having a king with your four aces makes no difference. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Ace, King, Queen, Ten, Nine (spades), Four Aces, Four Aces and a King

The game of craps is said to have origins back in the days of the crusades. All that is really needed to enjoy a game of craps is a pair of dice, and your winnings depend on whether you're able to keep up a streak while shooting them before rolling a seven to clear the table (unless it's on the initial roll where a seven wins for you).

In Las Vegas, craps is played by the regular tourists and the high-rollers alike. Tables with five-dollar minimum bets were not hard to find, but I was able to observe the $100 tables and saw people win and lose thousands of dollars on a single roll. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Dice, Bet, Crusades

A true whale can lose millions without a second thought. There are only an estimated 250 whales in the world. Difficulty: Easy.

 

A player that loves to play nickel slots., A player who has drank too much., A really generous tipper.

Not only does the Grand Casino - Biloxi have the largest Casino, but it also has the most restaurants. There's something for everyone! Difficulty: Hard.

 

Isle of Capri, Boomtown, Imperial Palace

There are 1,720 Victorian, themed guest rooms and spa suites. Difficulty: Hard.

 

1983, 890, 2054

The kissing kings are the two that meet in the middle of a newly opened deck of cards. Difficulty: Hard.

 

King of diamonds and King of spades, Kind of hearts and King of diamonds, King of clubs and King of spades

Rolling a 6 on a $42 bet in the game of Dice pays out $49. This popular casino table game involves betting on the outcome of two dice rolls. Players place their bets on various combinations of numbers and hope to correctly predict the outcome. The payout for each bet varies depending on the likelihood of the outcome occurring. Rolling a 6 on a $42 bet may seem like an unlikely outcome, but it can result in a significant payout for lucky players. Difficulty: Hard.

 

54, 56, 42

One through thirty-six plus the zeroes. Those little spaces are technically called pockets. Difficulty: Hard.

 

37, 36, 39

 

100, 50, 70

The referendum finally passed in 1976 after it was rewritten to allow gambling only in the city of Atlantic City. An earlier referendum that would have allowed gambling anywhere in the state of New Jersey failed in 1974. The passage is often credited to the organizing skills of political strategist Sanford Weiner. Before he came to Atlantic City, he had worked on 172 campaigns and had lost only 13 of them; of the 54 referendums he had worked on, all 54 had passed. Difficulty: Average.

 

1986, 1996, 1966

Fledgling newspaper the "Daily Star" needed a marketing gimmick if they were going to survive, and bingo was the answer as they took most of their new readers from main rival "The Sun".
Not surprisingly, "The Sun" hit back as soon as possible by launching their own bingo game and reducing the price of the paper to make it even more appealing.
Newspaper bingo, in which a bingo card was delivered to every household in UK and bingo numbers printed daily in the respective paper was huge in the UK in 1980s, so big in fact that even "The Times" got in on the act. Their version wasn't called bingo though; designed to appeal to a better class of bingo player, it was called "Portfolio" and was based on stocks and shares. Difficulty: Hard.

 

The Sun, Daily Mirror, Daily Mail

Only two of the numbers on a roulette wheel have a green background: zero and double zero. While a bet on either red, black, even or odd pays even money it is the presence of the two green numbers that gives the house an advantage. Difficulty: Easy.

 

black, orange and red, blue, red and black, black, green and blue

In a casino setting, 'splashing the pot' is considered bad form. You risk having your chips roll toward other players' stacks, and now the dealer has to clean up your mess. If you must do it, save it for your home game with friends.

Difficulty: Average.

 

Chucking your chips, Making it rain, Spreading the wealth

Interestingly the numbers add up to 666, a number infamous for it's relation to the devil. Roulette was an amalgamation of a number of games and was popular in Paris in the late 1700s. The game is played with a small ball spinning around a central wheel that is divided into a number of slots, each representing a number and a color. Players make bets on the next number to fall by placing markers on a rectangular table top divided into squares with numbers and colors in them. Bets may also be made on whether a certain color falls or odd or even numbers fall. It is mindless fun. Difficulty: Hard.

 

240, 335, 157

A "pass" bet will win you money if you roll a seven or an eleven, and will lose you your bet if you happen to "crap out", meaning, you throw a two, three, or twelve. Any other number and your bet goes to that number, and the number is considered "on". This means that you will win your money only when you throw that number again, but will lose it (and any other new bets you may have placed in that time) if you roll a seven.

A "come" bet and a "don't come" bet can only be played when the point is on, and an "on the hop" bet is a one-time bet that tries to predict what the next roll will be. It's rarely played, but it can get you 15:1 odds, or even 30:1 if you correctly predict a doubles roll. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Come, Don't come, On the Hop

After the balls are mixed, the "caller" will operate a lever to allow a single ball to be forced up through a narrow neck (or "goose"), and then up to one section of the "rabbit ear". The caller will continue until the ear is full (the first 10 numbers), then close that section, open the next ear, and "call" the remaining 10 numbers the same way. At the same time the numbers are drawn, the caller will press the corresponding number on a light board, so that the winning numbers may be displayed on the Keno boards throughout the casino. In the days before computerized Keno, another employee (the "punch") would operate a drill press to drill holes through a book of "inside" tickets (with the same corresponding game number as the current game being called), to create overlays (or "draws") for use to determine the winning numbers "caught" on a ticket. Difficulty: Hard.

 

The "Rooster Tails", The "Tiger Paws", The "Monkey Swing"

My family really enjoys the all-you-can-eat jazz brunch on Sundays, but that's pretty much all we enjoy here, because we have really bad luck when we gamble at this casino. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Treasure Bay, Copa, Imperial Palace

The pool and spa are located adjacent to each other on the fourth floor. Difficulty: Hard.

 

13th, ground level, rooftop

The American wheel has a zero and a double zero giving the house twice the chance to win against the player. Difficulty: Hard.

 

There are no green spots on a European wheel, The wheels spin in the opposite direction, No difference

In Three Card Poker, the highest payout is 40 to 1 for a straight flush. This means that if a player bets $10 and gets a straight flush, they will win $400. Three Card Poker is a popular casino table game that combines elements of poker and blackjack. It is played with a standard deck of 52 cards and allows players to make two bets: an ante bet and a pair plus bet. The game is easy to learn and offers players the chance to win big payouts like the 40 to 1 straight flush. Difficulty: Hard.

 

30 to 1, 50 to 1, 35 to 1

A 'soft hand', on the other hand (no pun intended) is one which includes an ace that can be valued at eleven. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Hand with two tens, Hand totalling less than seven, Hand with no face cards

On May 26, 1978 (Memorial Day weekend) the first casino opened. Would-be gamblers were standing four-deep at the blackjack tables. Difficulty: Average.

 

1998, 1968, 1988

The Grand Council of the Republic of Genoa consisted of just five people drawn at random from a pool of ninety every six months. Betting on this became extremely popular and proved so popular that candidates names were replaced with numbers, thus allowing citizens to gamble on the result more than twice a year. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Duchy of Modena, Kingdom of Sardinia, Principality of Elba

Double sixes are also sometimes called "Midnight" because they add up to 12. The more common term "boxcars" refers to the resemblance to train tracks on the dice. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

When one or both dice lean against the rail of the table, When a player loses a big bet, When the dice are passed to another player

While relatively small by world standards, at around 65,000 square feet, this was Great Britain's largest casino upon opening. The casino does close, but only for 24 hours a year, on Christmas Day. Difficulty: Hard.

 

It never closes, It is located inside a prison, It is not open to the general public

Let's say you are at Deadbeat Downs. Why does the clerk need you to tell him the name of the track? Doesn't he know where he is? Of course he does, but nowadays most tracks take bets not only for races at their own track, but for races at other tracks as well. You may be able to bet on races at a dozen different tracks. So he needs to know at which track the race you are betting on is taking place. Next, he needs to know which race you are betting on, because most tracks offer advance wagering. You might want to bet the seventh race on the card, but can't wait around until it is run; you just want to make your bet, go home or go to work, and check the results later. You never bet a horse by name. You always bet it by the number it has been assigned in the race. The clerks don't have time to memorize the names of all the horses in all the races at all the tracks. Finally, you tell them the amount and type of bet, in this case, "$2 to win." Let's say Dapper Dan is horse number 6 in the first race. You would tell the clerk, "Deadbeat Downs, first race, number 6, $2 to win."

Don't worry if you make a mistake. Most clerks will figure out what you want, and will help you if they are not too busy. But one thing is very important: don't get in line to bet until you know which horse or horses you want to bet on, and how much you want to bet. It is considered very rude to the other patrons behind you in line if you wait until you reach the betting window to make up your mind! Difficulty: Hard.

 

Just tell him "Dapper Dan" and hand him your money, Name of the horse, type of bet, and amount of the bet, The amount of the bet, the name of the horse, the type of bet, and the odds of the horse

This makes sense, as a version of Blackjack is called 21. Blackjack is one of the most common casino games out there. Playing Blackjack involves asking the dealer for cards and trying to get your cards to total 21 without going over. Difficulty: Very Easy.

 

23, 25, 30

Toke enough and you can move up from a stiff to a George! Difficulty: Hard.

 

A cheater, A large wager, An inexperienced dealer

The Imperial Palace really appreciates its guests... they give great comps! After you gamble, enjoy a movie at their clean, modern theatre that shows all of the latest and most popular films! Incidentally, this is the only casino where I've ever won anything worth mentioning. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Casino Magic - BSL, Casino Magic - Biloxi, President

Sterling's! The Silver Mines doesn't exist, but the other two are real. Sweetwater offers American and Chinese specialities, and Fresh Express includes a Chinese noodle kitchen, American grill, New York style deli sandwiches, pizza oven, gourmet coffee and teas, soups and desserts. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Sweetwater, The Silver Mines, Fresh Express

There are only fourteen spots even though the table is numbered up to fifteen. The number 13 is considered unlucky and is not on the layout. Difficulty: Hard.

 

fifteen, nine, seven

At a standard dice table, up to 16 people can play at one time. This is because the table is designed with a specific layout to accommodate the players and the dice. Each player has their own designated area on the table to place their bets and the dealer is responsible for managing the game. It's important for players to follow proper etiquette at the table, such as not touching the dice with both hands or blowing on them for good luck. Overall, playing at a dice table can be a fun and exciting experience for those who enjoy casino games. Difficulty: Hard.

 

14, 10, 12

The bonus jackpot increases in proportion to the number of coins deposited. Some progressive jackpots are linked to not just one, but a whole bank of machines, with each player adding to the rising total. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Ascending, Climbing, Elevated

 

38 to 1, 40 to 1, 39 to 1

The first casino was a refurbished, 50-year-old Atlantic City hotel formerly called the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall, renamed Resorts International. A temporary permit to open was needed since all the employees had not been investigated and cleared at that point. Resorts was sold to Donald Trump in the late 80s (who immediately sold Resorts to Merv Griffin but kept for himself and completed the unfinished Taj Mahal that Resorts had started). Subsequent owners of Resorts have been Sun International and Colony Capital LLC. During World War II, the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall served as a convalescence hospital for wounded soldiers. Resorts opened a 28-floor, 459-room art deco tower beside the boardwalk on July 3, 2004. Difficulty: Hard.

 

Caesars Boardwalk Regency (now called Caesars Atlantic City), Golden Nugget (now called Atlantic City Hilton), Bally's Park Place (now called Bally's Atlantic City)

The original slot machines were based on poker didn't have an automated payout, so the prizes were dependant on the bar or brothel in which you were playing. While one bar may offer a free beer for a full house, another may offer just a cigar.
Slot machines have many names throughout the world. "Fruities", short for fruit machine due to the pictures of fruit on the reels is common in England, while in Australia and New Zealand they are known as "pokies", short for poker machine, In Scotland they are known as "puggies", although no one seems sure why, apart from it has something to do with an organ grinder's monkey. Difficulty: Easy.

 

Model T, Bald Eagle, Sierra Nevada