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How do residents in Central City, Black Hawk, Deadwood, and Cripple Creek demographically compare in divorce rate to the national average?
 
  a. They all report a significantly lower divorce rate compared to the national average
  b. They all report a significantly higher divorce rate compared to the national average
  c. They are basically the same in divorce rate compared to the national average
  d. The four towns are all different, reflecting their different demographics
  e. No data is available to determine this


How do residents in Central City, Black Hawk, Deadwood, and Cripple Creek demographically compare in age to the national average?
 
  a. They are slightly older in a median age compared to the national average
  b. They are slightly younger in a median age compared to the national average
  c. They are basically the same in median age compared to the national average
  d. The four towns are all different, reflecting their different demographics
  e. No data is available to determine this


The overall U. S. average crime index score was 327.2 per 100,000 residents. How did Central City and Cripple Creek Colorado compare to this figure?
 
  a. Central City had a significantly lower crime index and Cripple Creek had a significantly higher one
  b. Central City had a significantly higher crime index and Cripple Creek had a significantly lower one
  c. Central City and Cripple Creek both had significantly lower crime rates
 
  d. Central City and Cripple Creek both had significantly higher crime rates
  e. Central City and Cripple Creek were both at about the national average.


Which of the following fees or taxes do casinos not pay in Colorado?
 
  a. Application fees
  b. License fees
  c. Renewal fees
  d. Gaming taxes based on AGP
  e. Employee benefit taxes


This is the only U. S. city in the U.S. to be named a National Historic Landmark.
 
  a. Black Hawk
 
  b. Central City
  c. Deadwood
  d. Cripple Creek
  e. Atlantic City


Which of these were not washed-up Colorado mining towns that were approved to host casinos in 1990:
 
  a. Black Hawk
  b. Redwood
  c. Central City
  d. Cripple Creek
  e. None of the above  they were all Colorado towns approved for gambling.


In 2006, there were ____ casinos in the state of Colorado
 
  a. 6
  b. 10
  c. 16
  d. 26
  e. 46


After fifteen years of operations, there are ____ casinos in Deadwood, South Dakota.
 
  a. 5
  b. 10
  c. 12
  d. 20
  e. 50


Explain how riverboat gamblers would fleece the unsuspecting traveler.
 
  What will be an ideal response?


Discuss the origin of the game of poker.
 
  What will be an ideal response?
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The system used by riverboat gamblers was a proven one that had been tried and tested during many excursions on the riverboats. Gambling team members would get on a boat at different stops and pretend not to know each other. After an enjoyable evening meal, one member might start up a conversation with a traveling planter at the bar. The gambler might innocently suggest cutting cards on who would buy the next round of drinks. Friendly talk about crops and the cost of bringing them to market might then prevail. As the evening progressed, another team member would appear and join the conversation. All too soon someone would suggest that a game of cards be started to pass the time away.

Now everything would be in place to fleece the unsuspecting traveler. One gambler would call to the bartender to provide a new deck of cards and make a show of opening the new sealed pack. Unbeknownst to the unwary player, the cards were marked. They had been brought aboard earlier by one of the gamblers and given to the bartender with instructions to issue them at the appropriate time. Now it was only a matter of time to build up the stakes and then give the unknowing planter a powerful hand. However, one of the other team members would have received a stronger hand and proceed to take the sucker for all the money that he might be carrying. The team would then get off at the next landing and catch a boat going the other way and start all over again setting new traps for wealthy river travelers.

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The game of poker itself was originally known by the French name of Poque. The pronunciation is just like poker without the r, and the sound and spelling is thought to have become corrupted by the unique accent of Southerners. The game was quite different from what we know poker to be today. First, it was played with only 20 cards. The deck had 10's, jacks, queens, kings and aces only. There were no 2 through 9's in the deck and there was no drawing of additional cards. Second, the most that could play the game at any one time were four players. Lastly, they were dealt five cards each and then bet, raised and bluffed with only the cards they were originally given. Bluffing, and betting high stakes while holding poor cards to deceive opponents, was considered an integral part of the game.
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