Tempering the temptation of Web casinos
The Senate must not bend to the gaming industry and should soon pass a bill to curb Internet gambling.
Related Casino News:
- Going to the dogs
- Atlantic City’s boardwalk still among best 135 years later
- Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Still Among Best
- There was a town which had a game - and its name was BINGO!
- Jeff Haney on maximizing your potential profit betting NBA long shots in the playoffs
- Lecture to explain gambling addiction
- The Handling Under Aged Gambling or HUG initiative
- Biloxi’s casinos are back in business
- New Guide To Find The Best Online Casinos
- Vegas Casinos vs. Atlantic City Casinos at online casino news and casinos update
- New York Casinos at online casino news and casinos update
- Russia’s Crackdown on Casinos at online casino news and casinos update
Interesting gambling facts:
- In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
- The name of the game "Poker" likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen ("to knock"), but it is not clear whether the games named by those terms were the real origins of poker.
- In 1857, Prince Charles III of Monaco decided to introduce gambling to his Mediterranean principality to boost its finances.
- 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.
RSS feed
