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Vegas generates more than $6 billion a year in gambling
revenue. Atlantic City earns nearly $3 billion. That's
gambling only. Income from hotels, restaurants and peripheral
business is not included in these totals. The gambling
industry in the U.S. earns more than $50 billion every
year. The amount handled is measured in hundreds of
billions.
And it all starts with your $5 blackjack wager. We certainly
don't want to damage the national economy or depress
the stock market, but we think it would be nice for
you to win the bet. That's why we developt this website.
Glance through the web pages and you'll see that we
designed it with you in mind. This is essential informations,
whatever your level of gambling expertise. The guide
covers all the major casino games contests and most
of the minor ones. It's more than just rules; you get
proven strategies for winning and limiting loss, and
we also show you how to calculate the cost of your online
gambling entertainment.
Along the way, we debunk many of the superstitions,
misconceptions and downright notions surrounding gambling.
You may prised how tough it is to jettison those old
ideas. Gambling and its lore reach farther into our
lives than most of us realize.
Gambling is part of our legends, past and present. Wild
Bill Hickok, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp, Howard Hughes,
Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack, Steve Wynn, and Donald
Trump are just a few of the personalities wrapped up
in the story of American gambling.
Everyone has a gambling anecdote. Jokes about gambling
filter into every corner of our culture. "This
guy walks into a bar with a horse and a pack of cards...
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Gambling is (and always has been) all around us. And
yet casinos were illegal everywhere in the US except
Nevada for most of the 20th century. That created an
odd cultural contrast. Everyone knew about gambling,
but few people actually did it. The average American
played poker with friends and gambled in a casino once
or twice in a lifetime. People learned about the games
from watching movies.
Then came Atlantic City, riverboats, Native American
casinos, the Internet and now gambling seems to be everywhere,
not just conceptually but physically. Most Americans
have visited a casino at least once. More than 60% of
the adults in the U.S. gamble in some way at least once
a year.
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