Sports betting paper under starter’s orders at Racing Post

Trinity Mirror is launching a new sports betting newspaper that will come free with the Racing Post every Saturday. RPSport will be published for the first time tomorrow, and will run to 36 pages or more, depending on the number of sporting events taking place up and down the country.

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Fri, January 13th, 2006

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Gambling history facts:

  • Casino gambling, including Indian gaming, is legal in 27 states and most of the casinos have been built in the last 5 years according to "America's Gambling Fever", U. S. News and World Report, 15 Jan 1996
  • Up to the 1960s, Nevada was plagued by teamster financing, hidden ownership, employment of individuals of questionable character and background, and the clear links to organized crime.
  • The El Rancho Casino & Hotel in Las Vegas was known for a few firsts. It was the first casino/resort on the Strip opening in 1941 with 63 guestrooms. It was also the first to offer a buffet. The cost of the buffet was only $1.00! The El Rancho burned down in 1960 and fortunately no one was hurt.
  • Lotteries were brought to America in the 1800s by the thousands of Chinese immigrants who worked in the mines and on the railroads.