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The Most Influential People Playing Poker Today In every field of human endeavor, there are always people who push the boundaries of accepted wisdom. People who develop, change and improve the way things have always been done. Like with all progress, the thing that has evolved - be it science, fashion, sport - will never the same again. Dick Fosbu

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Celebrity Ghost Stories: Television Has Reached A New Low Recently, I was watching the Biography Channel and saw an ad for a show called Celebrity Ghost Stories.  This is a show, where Class A celebrities, like the bald guy who was Carrie's friend in the show Sex and The City (his actual name is Willie Garson), relieve their terrifying experiences

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The Most Gorgeous Casino Buildings Worldwide Sparingly famous architects have a finger in the pie of casino project conception. But when they do, the result of their work marvels anyone and can be rightfully included to the list of modern architecture wonders. This article is a virtual way to circumnavigate the globe and witness beauty of the most

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Tips to Help with Family History Research If you’ve embarked on a journey to learn more about your family history, you have begun a process that is sure to change your life. Learning about your ancestors will be revealing and inspiring, but it’s often a difficult process. Here are a few tips to help you get started. Get Organized Before you begi

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Kick Off Euro 2016 With Football Star The football world has major competitions every several years (otherwise known as the soccer world, for those of you living in the US).  The World Cup, much like the Olympic Games, is organized every four years, and so are the major continental championships.   The UEFA European Football Championship, another

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How Understanding Probability Helps at the Casino Many events can't be predicted with total certainty. The best we can say is how likely they are to happen using the idea of probability. Probability does not tell us what will happen or when it will happen.  Instead, it tells us the likelihood that something will happen.  Think of it more as a “gui

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The Disappearing Dot Illusion: We bet you can't see all 12 at once The Disappearing Dots Illusion is making the Internet insane.  There are 12 black dots at the intersections in the image below, but we bet that your brain won't let you see them all at once.  Try as you might, you'll only see 2, maybe 3 dots at a time:  never all 12.  So what's go

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Galton's Paradox Explained Galton's Paradox supposes you have three fair coins.  Necessarily, two sides will match (ie:  two will be heads, or two will  be tails).  It's an even probability that the third coin will be a head or tail.  Therefore, the chance that all three will match is 1/2.       Is our solution correct? Quite obviously no