Smoke ban’s exemption for casinos challenged
Former Atlantic City Mayor James Whelan yesterday kicked off his legislative career by challenging the casinos in his district. Whelan, a Democrat who joined the state Assembly last week, introduced legislation that would remove the casino-floor exemption from the new law that bans smoking in all indoor public places.
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- In 1891, Sittman and Pitt of Brooklyn began to manufacture the first nationally known poker card machines. The machines maintained their enormous popularity until just before World War I.
- Horse racing is the best known and widespread parimutuel betting event. Horse racing is the only form of partimutuel wagering legal in California.
- 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.
- 1926: Las Vegas gets a regular air service. Western Air Express flies between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. The airfield later becomes the site for the famous Sahara and Hilton hotels.
1931: Gambling is legalized in Nevada on March 19. Construction begins on the long awaited Hoover Dam.
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