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Vegas hates a cheater. The problem with the casino industry though is their definition of cheater is about as broad as the patriot acts definition of terrorist.

Law was scarce in this area, and the idea that an armed society is a polite society was pushed to its limits. Drunken miners would have gunfights with cowboys and shoot up the saloons that many of them called home. Winning a hand of poker could be death sentence, depending on the temperament and blood alcohol level of the person who just lost the pot.

Anyone who has studied the game of poker has run across the term Faro. Though this game is not a direct relative of poker, it was played alongside it in the saloons of the old west. Much like modern myth has Neanderthal developing alongside Homo Sapiens, then going extinct, Faro existed with poker, then was driven from popularity by Americas favorite card game.

He started humbly enough, for a while he supported himself exclusively by gambling. In those days he played things straight, but eventually went bust and found himself living under a bridge with the rest of the homeless folk.

At Mandalay Bay there is a towering statue of Vladimir Lenin standing in front of Red Square, the casino's vodka-and-caviar lounge-restaurant. The odd thing about the statue though is that the head is missing. The head was originally lost after it was removed by the casino, amid complaints that it honored the king of communism.

In 1976 gambling was legalized in Atlantic City, and this is where Ken now decided to call home. He won millions of dollars in this gambling Mecca of the eastern seaboard. Eventually though, he was banned here as well. As Ustons fame grew, so did the number of casinos that would not let him in the doors.

In a town where Wayne Newton is the inspirational leader and a hole in the dessert can either contain a prairie dog or Bugsy Siegel, you have got to know that the city is ripe with myth and legend...

The origin of poker in America goes back to New Orleans. This is where the game was originally popular. The game traveled to the Big Easy with French settlers who acquired a taste for the game back in Europe.

Does this king represent anyone in particular? If so why would they put his face on a card? If you ask these questions during a hand of holdem, you will probably be told to shut up and given some creative suggestions on where you can stick your face cards.

Finally, in about 1480, the four shapes we are now familiar with were introduced by the French. The reason why these shapes took hold and are still used today is that their simple designs could be stenciled instead of drawn. The process of stenciling is fast and easy. Using the four simpler suits then became much cheaper than drawing the much more complicated designs such as Acorns and Roses, which then required using woodcuts to reproduce.