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LAS VEGAS, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- In Virginia City, Nev., at the old Delta Saloon, they have a faded green-felt layout for the old game of faro, and it's known as "the suicide table." Three 19th-century ...

Signs along Highway 341 to Virginia City have tempted visitors for years to come "See The Suicide Table At the Delta Saloon." This colorful relic from Nevada's past has become the recipient of unkind ...

I was watching a Western movie on TV the other day, and they used the phrase, "He is coppering his bet," a couple of times. What does that phrase refer to? "Coppering your bet" is one of many phrases ...

LAS VEGAS, April 2 (UPI) -- Las Vegas has the reputation as the most wide-open gambling town in the world, but is that really true? Some of the games of chance you will not find in Las Vegas, for ...