Jersey Shutdown Hits Resort Casinos
New Jerseys government shutdown spread to casinos Wednesday when state casino inspectors were forced off the job by the impasse. Thousands of vacationers were turned away from casinos in Atlantic City. State workers are off the job because New Jersey lawmakers haven’t reached agreement on a new state budget. The state court system, state parks and beaches, and numerous other services are also
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Gambling history facts:
- Nevada is the oldest and largest legalized gaming center in the United States. Gaming was legalized in Nevada in 1931 in the middle of the Great Depression as a form of economic stimulant.
- 1941: The Strip gets its first luxury hotel. El Rancho Vegas sets the trend for many of the themed resorts that sprout along the Strip in later years.
1942: The first wedding chapel, the Little Church of the West, opens on the Strip in the Last Frontier Hotel. - During the 1950s, the Senate Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce held a number of hearings on criminal influence in the casino industry. The committee was chaired by Senator Estes Kefauver, and the committee is also known by his name.
- Keno, the casino version of lotto, originated in China nearly 2000 years ago when Cheung Heung devised a lottery as a way of raising funds for his province's army.
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