Gambling proposal passes in West Memphis; tax issues fail in Batesville, Camden
UNDATED West Memphis voters today approved a proposal to expand gambling at Southland Greyhound Park. The final unofficial vote was two-thousand-956 for the measure to allow electronic games of skill at the dog track and one-thousand-645 against.
Related Gambling News:
- West Memphis to Take a Bet on Gambling
- Arkansas Casino Proposal Put on Hold
- West Memphis approves electronic gaming
- More gambling gets OK in West Memphis, Hot Springs
- West Memphis expands gambling laws
- Group awaiting West Memphis ruling before appeal decision
- Hot Springs, West Memphis poised for local elections on gambling
- Vote is today on gambling in Hot Springs, West Memphis
- Hot Springs, West Memphis other communities hold elections
- West Memphis, Hot Springs voters decide Tuesday on expanded gambling
- Voters Say Yes To Expand Gambling At AR Racetracks
- Hot Springs Gambling Could Go to Court
Casino gambling facts:
- U.S. News and World Report did a comparison of crime rates in cities with gambling versus those that do not. The crime rates were significantly higher in the places that allowed gambling.
- 1993: Steve Wynn buys the Dune Hotel, then implodes it to make way for the Bellagio. The new MGM Grand is completed, once again becoming the world's largest hotel. On December 31, Barbra Streisand stars in the inaugural concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
- French mathematicians Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Pascal explored the mathematics of gambling, leading to the formulation of Pascal's theory of probability in 1654.
- It was during the 1930's that slot machines began to become very popular across America, and in the late 40's Bugsy Siegel added machines to his Flamingo Hilton hotel in Las Vegas.
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