John Montague was a British politician, who served as Secretary of State and First Lord of the Admiralty, but he is probably best known for having “invented” the sandwich – and it happed while he was playing poker!
Montague, a hardened gambler, didn’t like to leave the gaming table. So when he, and some of his opponents, became hungry after a particularly lengthy game, he told his servants: “Bring me a slice of meat between two slices of bread.”
Thus the sandwich was born…
Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky was a heavy gambler and wrote his most famous work, ‘The Gambler’, in 1866 in a desperate attempt to rescue his flagging finances. The story provides a vivid description of his life as a gambler.
In a six-month period, Archie Karas turned a borrowed stake of $10,000 into $17 million. The legendary Karas wears two demure gold-and-diamond rings and loves to be referred to as the undisputed champion (more…)
