Biloxi Casinos Report Strong Revenues

BILOXI, Mississippi As reported by the Biloxi Sun Herald: “Biloxi’s lure remains strong more than five months after casinos reopened to surprisingly strong revenues following Hurricane Katrina.

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Wed, June 21st, 2006

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Gambling casinos history:

  • One of the oldest casinos in Europe, at Baden Baden in Germany, was opened in 1748 by Edouard Benazet, who employed Parisian craftsmen to design the stylish rooms.
  • People earning $10,000 per year gamble more than twice as much money as people earning $30-40,000 per year. People earning $10,000 per year gamble four times as much money as those making $80,000 or more per year.
  • Although the Greeks had a profound understanding of mathematics they had no concept of probability, and assumed that the outcome of games of chance was due to the will of the gods.
  • Pathological gambling is recognized as a medical disorder by the American Psychiatric Association and has elements of addiction similar to alcohol and drug addiction.