Jonathan December 8, 2023 16:50:46
Seeing a group of cowboys sitting at a card table in a dark and smokey saloon is a common trope in many Hollywood Wild West movies. With the New World opening up to Europeans, many bought playing cards with them. Being one of the most popular pastimes, it's no surprise that many of today's gambling terms and slang come from the early American pioneers.
Frederick H. July 25, 2015 08:08:44
The railroad and the Civil War mark the end to the river boat gambling After gold was discovered in 1848 in California, more gamblers headed to the west to reap untold gambling fortune from the prospectors that looked for it. As people moved out west with their families for a better life, professional gamblers aspired […]
Frederick H. July 25, 2015 08:08:43
As more attention was drawn to the moral fibre of America, all eyes looked west Gambling was rampant throughout America by the end of the 19th century. This is largely because every part of society that worked to define the U.S., carried with them previous gambling cultures which were practiced before the setters first appeared […]
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