The Riverboat Gambler is one of the classic images of the American frontier age. In the beginning of the 19th century, the Mississippi river proved to be an effective method for transporting goods from one state to another and hence became a major trading centre. At the same time as the trade centre attracts people with money, the Mississippi also became home to some of the professional gamblers.
During those times, the professional gamblers were usually ‘card sharp’ and were known as cheaters who manipulated cards in order to get their desired results. In the year 1835, there were five card sharps that were caught in the act of card manipulation and were hanged. From then onwards, the card sharps refused to spend a lot of time on the dry land and most of them resided in the boats that were used to trade goods.
Riverboat Gambling was introduced in the casinos in the year 1989. This form of gambling was incepted in United States since some of the states prohibit forms of gambling on dry land, gaming in water has been used as an alternative. A few of the Riverboat casinos, do not travel in water, instead they are just docked at a considerable distance from the land in order to avoid some legal problems. Some of the contemporary Riverboat casinos have games like roulette, blackjack and a variety of slot machines. In the present day, there are modern games such as Texas Hold’em existing in these casinos.
Tags: Cards, Gambling, Riverboat Gambling
June 6th, 2011 at 11:07 am
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