Town Abuzz Over Bid For Oxford County Casino
News of a plan to bring casino gambling to Oxford County is causing a stir in the Rumford area.
Related Gambling News:
- Casino for Oxford County, ME?
- Oxford County casino effort picking up steam
- Olympia Group to Invest in Proposed Oxford County Resort Casino
- Poll shows Oxford casino support still weak; 47 percent say they would vote ‘no’
- Casino Backers Offer Pledge To Mainers
- Casino group promises jobs
- Debate on casinos will continue even if Question 2 passes
- Question 2 Is Latest Casino Bid
- Casino Vote Attracts Tribes’ Interest
- A ‘charming’ casino
- Casino debate centers on jobs and gambling
- Baldacci balks at casino bill
Interesting gambling information:
- The name blackjack came from an early bet (since discontinued) that paid 10 to 1 if the player got a jack of spades and an ace of spades, both black cards, as the first two cards.
- The famous banker J.P. Morgan once walked out of a Monte Carlo casino because the stakes were too low? At the time, the maximum wager was 12,000 francs and Morgan wanted it increased to 20,000 francs. When the casino manager refused to increase the limit, Morgan left the casino saying "12,000 francs! I have no time to lose such ridiculous amounts."
- 1951: On September 4, Frank Sinatra makes his Vegas debut, performing in the Crystal Room at the Desert Inn.
1959: Wayne Newton performs in Vegas for the first time, despite the fact that he is still too young to enter a casino. - The first games that we would recognize as modern roulette were introduced in Paris casinos around the end of the 18th century. In the mid 19th century the single zero game was invented in France, this reduced the casino's edge thereby increasing the odds of the player.
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