£10m conman prepares to hear fate

A gambling mad financial consultant who conned private investors out of their life-savings and spent more than £1 million on racing tipsters is being sentenced. Graham Price, 58, admitted stealing £10 million from dozens of pensioners and the Hali

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Tue, November 8th, 2005

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Gambling casinos history:

  • 2000: MGM Grand Inc. stages the gaming industry's largest corporate buyout with its $6 million purchase of Mirage Resorts Inc.
    2005: Las Vegas celebrates one illustrious century on May 15.
  • Nevada is the oldest and largest legalized gaming center in the United States. Gaming was legalized in Nevada in 1931 in the middle of the Great Depression as a form of economic stimulant.
  • By the 18th and 19th centuries a dice game called Hazard had become popular in England and was played by the aristocracy in private gambling houses.
  • 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.