Famous Women in Gambling
There are over 4,800 brick-and-mortar and a lot more online casinos worldwide. There are also many movies about female gamblers. The Lady Gambles is one of the best examples of female gambling. The book "Famous Women in Gambling" is about the stories of some of them.
Shannon Elizabeth Fadal is an actress who played Nada in American Pie (1999). In 2006 she started playing poker and won many tournaments. She won the World Series of Poker 2007 and the Main Event of the 2005 World Championship of Poker.
Anne LaBarr Duke is a professional poker player and author. She won the 2004 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship in 2010. Anne discovered her hidden talent at the age of 22 when she tried to play Texas Hold’em in a Las Vegas casino.
Alice Ivers Duffield Tubbs Huckert was a poker player in the 19th century. She made over $250,000 in her career. She was born in England to an Irish immigrant family. After her first husband died, she started playing poker. Her reputation grew and she was able to make thousands of dollars overnight.
The Female Gambling Show will go on in 2020. Megan H., of Flower Mound, Texas, won over $300,000 on the Wheel of Fortune slot at a Las Vegas airport.