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Ability Over Appearance: Daniel Craig got a bit of controversy when he was cast as James Bond because he looked very different from the past Bonds, being derisively referred to as 'James Blond.' This of course all went away once the film came out and he got rave reviews. He may have invoked the trope, since he refused to dye his hair black for the role. Cast the Expert: The actor playing the. The first casino built-in Las Vegas on Highway 91 was the Pair o Dice Club, established in 1931. The first casino on the current Strip was El Rancho Vegas, opened in 1941. One of the most well-known early casinos in Vegas was gangster Bugsy Siegel’s Flamingo.

Casinos have been the playgrounds of millions of people over the years, and now millions more will never step into a real, land-based casino, preferring instead the convenience of playing at an online casino. Here are just a few fascinating facts about the world of casinos…

10 – Government Funded

Richard Nixon funded his first congress campaign using the money he’d won playing poker with some of his former Navy colleagues. The $6,000 he won at the poker table helped him on his way to his first political post.

9 – Girl Power

You may think that it’s only a recent phenomenon to see women at the top of the blackjack and poker world. However, a French woman named Eleanore Dumont set up a blackjack casino in California in 1854. As well as always dealing the cards, Mme Dumont had a reputation for winning most of the games she played. Although she died in 1876, she was nominated (but not elected) to become a part of the Blackjack Hall of Fame over a hundred years later in 2006.

8 – Young at Heart

When Annette Obrestad from Norway won the first World Series of Poker Europe main event in 2007, she was a day of her nineteenth birthday. She remains the youngest person to have ever won a WSOP bracelet.

7 – Naming Cards

The fifth card in a game of poker is often referred to as the ‘river’. This nickname stems from the days when poker was played on the riverboats in America and a method of cheating was to store a hidden card up a sleeve to switch with a poor fifth card. However, if you were discovered to be cheating the punishment was harsh – you’d be thrown into the river off the back of the boat.

6 – Not a 7 in sight

A New Jersey grandma visiting Atlantic City broke the record for the world’s longest crap roll and most successive dice rolls without ‘sevening out’ in 2009. Patricia Demauro beat odds of 1 in 1.56 trillion when she played craps for four hours and 18 minutes without landing a seven. Although Ms Demauro didn’t share the amount of money that she had won her record-breaking game, it’s likely that she made hundreds of thousands or maybe millions in that one casino session.

5 – Win a fish

In the UK, one of the biggest online casino wins came from a 20p spin. A fisherman who wished to remain anonymous started playing a slot game called the Hall of Gods and watched his 20p turn into a massive £5.4 million win.

4 – Worlds Oldest

The first casino built-in Las Vegas on Highway 91 was the Pair o Dice Club, established in 1931. The first casino on the current Strip was El Rancho Vegas, opened in 1941. One of the most well-known early casinos in Vegas was gangster Bugsy Siegel’s Flamingo. Apparently, Bugsy named the casino after his show dance girlfriend Virginia Hill’s long legs. Casinos have been the playgrounds of millions of people over the years, and now millions more will never step into a real, land-based casino, preferring instead the convenience of playing at an online casino.

3 – The Online Flutter

You can do all your gambling all at one website these days. Whether you’re interested in a few rounds of blackjack or want to get a bet on the football match that you’re watching live, most gaming sites offer a sports book and most betting sites also have a different casino and bingo games available for their players.

2 – Worlds First

The first online casinos appeared in the early 1990s and were immediately popular. There were 15 gambling websites in 1996, but the number leapt to 200 websites during 1997.

1 – Who did invent the Slot Machine?

Slots are the most popular gaming choice for casual visitors to land-based casinos and online casinos. With slots, there is no prior knowledge required and whether you win or lose is completely down to chance. This makes playing slots appealing to all types and all ages. The first slot machine was invented by Charles Fey in 1899 and online slots that we play today still have a linked heritage to Fey’s original machine.

Revealing mistake: At the beginning of the film where Robert De Niro gets into his car and it explodes, you can clearly see the cut where they have replaced him with a dummy.(00:00:50)

Revealing mistake: Near the end when Ace gets into his Cadillac, in the first shot facing the front of the car, there is a protective glass in front of Ace (the same width as the windshield) with the dashboard in between that glass and the windshield. Note the vertical edge of the glass is visible at the right side, and the rearview mirror's sticker on the windshield casts a shadow onto the second glass. During the stunt, the flames on the dashboard are between the glass shield and the windshield, keeping the actor safe from harm.(02:46:05)

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Revealing mistake: When Sharon Stone gets thrown out of Joe Pesci's club, you can clearly see the pads on Stone's hand's to break the impact of the fall.

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Trivia: The sex scene between Joe Pesci and Sharon Stone was voted the worst movies sex scene of all time in an on-line poll.

Trivia: Robert DeNiro was so adamant about portraying the character he was playing, that he had his suits that he had worn in the movie made by the same tailors who had made Frank Rosenthal's suits

Trivia: Robert DeNiro's attorney in the movie is Oscar Goodman, who ironically was the attorney for Frank Rosenthal, as well as Tony Spilotro, who was played by Joe Pesci

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Nicky Santoro: We're supposed to be robbin' this place, you dumb fuckin' Hebe.

Nicky Santoro: That black book's a joke. It's only got two names in it for the whole country. And one of them's still Al Capone.

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Question: Sam and Nicky both refer to 'back home' but they do not explain where it is . I thought it was Kansas City because that is where the bosses are, but it's revealed that they are only there because 'its as close as they could get to Vegas without being arrested'. Does anyone know where in America Sam and Nicky are originally from?

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Answer:Frank Rosenthal (the basis for Sam Rothstein) and Tony Spilotro (the basis for Nicky Santoro) were both from Chicago, so that is likely 'back home'.

Question: Why would Sam's life be threatened by the Mafia bosses if they find out that Ginger and Nicky are having an affair? I know it's mentioned that they hold marriage in high regard but isn't Sam the victim of being cheated on by his wife and betrayed by his friend? I can only come to the conclusion that they wouldn't approve of a man letting his wife sleep around but still, that seems presumptuous and excessive even for the mob.(02:22:10)

Answer:It's also possible that the 'bosses' would be concerned that a rift between Nicky and Sam could bring public (police) attention to the criminal activities going on behind the scenes. These are, after all, two very egotistical individuals.

Answer:Concern about their affair probably has nothing to do with 'mob morality' but with the possible complications and unwanted attention that Nick and Ginger, who is a volatile and unpredictable alcoholic and drug addict, could cause for the casino operators, who are being investigated by the F.B.I.

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