Gambling Commission Dealt Dead Man's Hand
A federal commission's study of legal gambling in the late 1990s produced significant recommendations, many of which ended up like poker's dead man's hand. Dead man's hand is a term to describe the cards Wild Bill Hickock held, a pair of black aces and eights, when he was shot dead in a saloon in South Dakota in 1876. The commission spent two years and $5 million investigating the social and economic implications of lotteries, casinos and other gaming activities only to have its suggestion for a temporary freeze on further expansion of gambling rejected.
May 23, 2006
Posted By Skip Davis
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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