Friday, May 19, 2006

In United States history, gambling has played a major role in the history, yes good and bad, of this great nation. During the late 1800s when the Wild West was still a frontier for the people to find themselves, people would gather at saloons to play poker. In the 1920s, during Prohibition, speakeasies carried these same poker games. Gambling is part of our history, a part of who we are. It has only provided entertainment for the simple folk, but it has also given people the money that they may or may not have been able to obtain because of their background or the environment in which they grew up. Gambling isn’t just the lottery though. Most people probably havent thought about it, but it may be dare to say that the stock market, the backbone of the U.S economy is all about gambling, playing the odds and such. All retirement plans are always based on the stock market and certain long-term investments. Read further...