Gambling Machines, $25,000 Seized By Police In Raid Late Friday Night
About a dozen electronic gambling machines were seized when a search warrant was served about 11 p.m. Friday at a former vacuum cleaner store on West Main Street.
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Interesting gambling facts:
- Gambling is defined by the Webster's New World Dictionary as the following: to play games of chance for money or some other stake, or to take a risk in order to gain some advantage.
- 1973: The MGM Grand opens on the Strip, becoming the world's largest hotel.
1989: One of Vegas's most extravag-ant hotels opens. Steve Wynn's Mirage resort features a man-made volcano and over 3,000 rooms. Siegfried and Roy sign a $57 million, five-year contract to provide entertainment at the hotel. - Parimutuel wagering refers to the type of gambling where the total prize pool is based upon the amount of money wagered. The more money gambled, the bigger the prize.
- In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
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