Legislator urges complete ban on smoking in casinos
TRENTON New Jersey must move quickly to extend the state’s indoor smoking ban to casinos, a state lawmaker said Wednesday. State Sen. Loretta Weinberg, D-Bergen, cited this week’s report from the U.S. surgeon general that called secondhand smoke a serious health hazard.
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Gambling casinos info:
- In 1978, New Jersey became the second state to legalize casino gambling in an attempt to revitalize the rundown resort area of Atlantic City. The legalization was restricted only to Atlantic City.
- 1905: The town of Las Vegas is founded when the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad Company holds a land auction at the site on May 15.
1912: The Majestic - Las Vegas's very first theater - opens, featuring the best vaudeville acts and motion pictures of the time. - The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.
- Indian tribes have used their position as sovereign entities to develop a number of gaming establishments. Indian casinos operate in 22 states. This number is expected to grow.
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