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By Casino Mistress

Today we have a special dose of gambling trivia that is sure to entertain your friends and coworkers. These are great little fun facts that can be used as winning conversational topics at your next little shin-dig and are sure to entertain …….someone!
1) Have you ever wondered who those handsome and distinguished men were on your deck of playing cards?

Well, the images of kings are actually symbols of royalty throughout history. The king of spades represents the biblical King David and the king of clubs represents Alexander the Great. As for the red cards, the king of diamonds represents Julius Caesar and the king of hearts represents Charles the Great or King Charlemagne.The more modern pack of cards with these designs date back to France almost 500 years ago. The symbols on the cards are meant to represent different cultures as outlined below:Clubs = Greece
Spades = The Middle East
Diamonds = Rome
Holy Roman Empire = Diamonds2) The First Slot MachineDid you know that the first slot machine is over 100 years old and was designed in San Francisco back in 1899. The first design included a three-slot system which are still used in both land based and online casinos.

3) Claude Monet and Gambling

Claude Monet got to be a painter because of gambling. He was working as a messenger when he won a huge lottery. With this money, he was able to quit his job and follow his passion painting.

4) Blackjack

The game of blackjack was given its name back in the early 1900’s because it was popular in illegal casinos. Some casinos paid a bonus if a two-card 21 was made up of an ace and jack of spades.

Hope you enjoyed today’s gambling trivia. I’ll start providing you with more juicy trivia from week to week so make sure you keep checking our blog.

this is an interesting post, i had never stopped thinking about this history, i would like to know what symbols on slots means, or do they have any meaning at all (at least original ones)... any idea???

i did not know about this, really it is interesting post for me. thanks for this.

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