Casinos target Asian Americans
Business is booming for California’s tribal casinos. National Indian Gaming Commission figures show that revenue for California tribal casinos —- there are now 55 in the state —- doubled between 2001 and 2004 to more than $5 billion a year.
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Interesting gambling facts:
- Video Poker machines were introduced in the 1970s, when an oil embargo had a negative impact on Vegas revenues. The machines were popular enough to spark a recovery in casino business.
- Although the Greeks had a profound understanding of mathematics they had no concept of probability, and assumed that the outcome of games of chance was due to the will of the gods.
- The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
- One of the oldest casinos in Europe, at Baden Baden in Germany, was opened in 1748 by Edouard Benazet, who employed Parisian craftsmen to design the stylish rooms.
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