Religious Leaders Appose to Land Based Casino Initiative

In wake of Hurricane Katrina´s devastating effects on the local gambling industry in Mississippi, land based casino operators were quite to inquire about moving the offshore casino resorts on to dry land. It may seem silly, that casinos are required by law to float on the Gulf or Mississippi River.

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Casino gambling information:

• Riverboat casinos were first legalized in Iowa, then Illinois, followed closely by Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
• Casino chips were used in the 18th century as a substitute for money being wagered. Originally, they were pieces of bones, mother of pearl or ivory engraved with the name of the casino and their respective value.
• The name of the game "Poker" likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen ("to knock"), but it is not clear whether the games named by those terms were the real origins of poker.
• Las Vegas is a testament of the powerful ability of gambling to foster economic development. Because of gambling, Las Vegas has shown impressive job growth, developed into a major city with a low tax burden that many state and local governments look at with envy.