FEATURE - Casinos fading, but Reno enjoys economic boom
RENO, Nevada (Reuters) - Stephen Streufert used to spend two or three hours a day in heavy traffic commuting to and from a San Francisco-area software company.
Related Casino News:
- Station Casinos arranges fight against Reno petition
- Reno Taxpayer Revolt Fails to Get Enough Signatures
- Thunderstorm leaves Reno casinos, homes in dark
- Study conducted in Nevada casinos claims DNA risk from secondhand smoke
- Reno Land Based Casinos at online casino news and casinos update
- Group says Station Casinos’ project would cut downtown Reno revenues
- Reno casinos bounce back in fiscal year
- Reno mayor says Culinary Union ad not about downtown or Retrac
- Analyst warns of gambling decline in Reno
- Study conducted in Nevada casinos finds DNA risk from secondhand smoke
- Northern Nevada casinos gear up for March Madness
- Former C&A officials admit guilt in federal probe
Do you know that:
- Originally, the double-zero wheel started in Europe and the single-zero wheel started in America. But, Europeans liked the single-zero wheel better, and Americans liked the double-zero wheel better so they switched. Today, the American wheel and double-zero wheel are synonymous.
- The first games that we would recognize as modern roulette were introduced in Paris casinos around the end of the 18th century. In the mid 19th century the single zero game was invented in France, this reduced the casino's edge thereby increasing the odds of the player.
- The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.
- The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
RSS feed
