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A Brief History Casinos feel like they have been around forever. That is most likely because they are not a new invention. In fact casinos have outlived more than five generations of people at this point in time. They have offered everything from small buildings with simple games to the technological marvel that is using gambling apps for real money. With the wide range of gaming options that are out there, it is definitely a sensible question to ask, where did casinos start? Digging Deeper Gambling  It would be wrong to talk about casinos without first mentioning gambling. After all,…

A Brief History On January 26, 2020, the United States and the entire world was shocked by the news feed that basketball legend, Kobe Bryant, age 41, had died in a helicopter crash in California.  Initial reports said a total of 5 people, including Bryant, had died in the crash, while later reports indicated 9 people had actually been aboard, and that there had been no survivors.  Among those killed was reported to be the 13 year old daughter of Bryant.  (Other victims were unnamed until proper notification of relatives could be made.)  Losing a sports legend as important as…

A Brief History Nowadays, when people think of casino games, some classics like poker and roulette come to mind; however, it is the slot machine that is the most popular casino game ever made and, in many ways, defines the casino experience. Everyone is familiar with casino floors filled with slot machines, while online slots have taken the industry to a new height. Certainly, we have come a long way since the mechanical beginnings of the slot machine. Here we will look back at the formative years of the slot machine as a mechanical game that shaped the casino industry.…

A Brief History On this date in history, January 19th, 1809, Edgar Allan Poe was born. At the age of three, his parents died and he was left in the care of his godfather, John Allan. Needless to say, death continued to be an integral part of Peo’s life, as it is with us all. Everything progresses with time, and that includes the way we handle certain hurtful experiences. From something as cruel as taking another life because of a wrongful death, humans became more civilized and made laws to completely erase these savage ways of settling matters in the…

A Brief History On January 14, 2020, while the world continues to digest the fallout of the US drone strike that killed Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani on January 3, 2020 and the subsequent missile attack from Iran against an American base in Iraq, as well as the tragedy of the Iranian military accidentally shooting down a civilian airliner mistakenly thought to be an incoming American attack on Iran, we prefer to look at the more positive side of American-Iranian relations.  Specifically, we want to introduce our readers to some of the notable Iranian Americans that help make the United…