Charity Poker Winner Donates Winnings

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A Las Vegas charity won $50,000 in a hand of poker without even being at the game.

Mayor Oscar Goodman called the main office of the Boys and Girls Club of Las Vegas on Wednesday afternoon, and told them to be sure to tune in to the cable television broadcast of the City Council meeting. About 10 minutes later, people at the office were watching a contest winner announce she had won $50,000 in a charity poker game of Texas hold 'em -- and that she was giving it to the Boys and Girls Club.

"We were floored," said Jackie Valdera, executive assistant of the organization, which provides about 12,000 children in the area with such social services as after-school activities, club programs and help with schoolwork. "All I could do is get on the phone and start calling people," Valdera said. The charity poker hand was part of Tuesday night's festivities in Hollywood, Calif., to mark the world premiere of the television show "Las Vegas." Goodman dealt the hand, which he said was played by such stars as James Caan, Molly Sims, and the contest winner, Judy LaPenna of Phoenix.

A weekly drama, "Las Vegas" debuts at 9 p.m. Monday on NBC (Channel 3). It stars Caan as Big Ed Deline, the head of surveillance at the fictional Montecito hotel-casino. Sims plays Big Ed's daughter, Delinda. LaPenna was the winner of a promotional contest, run by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, to tell the best Las Vegas story. She received two nights in Hollywood and two in Las Vegas, as well as an opportunity to meet the cast of the show and play in the charity game, for this story:

It was more than a year ago, and her then-boyfriend was in Las Vegas for business. He called her and told her to come on up.

Über Glücksspiele Las Vegas - Gambling in Las Vegas:

Las Vegas liegt im Westen der USA im Bundesstaat Nevada und ist das Glücksspiel-Paradies von Amerika.

Las Vegas hat rund 100 Spielcasinos. Im Bundesstaat Nevada sind sogar über 300 Spielcasinos registriert. Die grössten Casinos sind das Bellagio, Caesars Palace, Venetian / Palazzo, Wynn / Encore, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay.

Weitere bekannte Casinos sind das Mirage, frühere Heimat von Siegfried und Roy, das Luxor in Form einer Pyramide oder das Casino Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, in welchem jährlich die Pokerweltmeisterschaft (World Series of Poker WSOP) durchgeführt wird.

Die bekanntesten zwei Strassen sind der Las Vegas Boulevard, welcher auch als Las Vegas Strip bezeichnet wird. Daneben ist die Fremont Street eine gut besuchte Casino-Meile, wo beispielsweise das legendäre Casino Binion's (vormals Binion's Horseshoe) seine Spiele anbietet.

Las Vegas erstreckt sich über eine Fläche von 340 km2 und hat rund 650'000 Einwohner.

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