Gaming firms bet heavily on lobbyists
Centaur Inc., the company that wants to build a harness racetrack and casino in Beaver County, has spent at least $300,000 lobbying the state Senate over the past three years.
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Gambling casinos info:
- The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
- The first World Series of Poker was held in downtown Las Vegas at the Horseshoe Casino back in 1970. Then owner of the Horseshoe Jack Binion, hosted the very first one and has agreed to host upcoming World Series of Poker Tournament Circuit. Jack Binion said that is purely honorary and plans on doing other types deals and events in the future.
- The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
- Dog racing (a race among greyhounds who chase after a mechanical rabbit) operates in 17 states. Jai-alai (a game similar to handball) is legal in just three: Connecticut, Florida, and Rhode Island.
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