Casino campaign focuses attention on health care
Las Vegas-based Harrah’s Entertainment and the Narragansett Indian Tribe are using an advertising campaign to try to win support for their plans to build a casino in West Warwick. This commercial suggests money from the casino would help fund a tribal health clinic.
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Gambling history facts:
- Casino gambling, including Indian gaming, is legal in 27 states and most of the casinos have been built in the last 5 years according to "America's Gambling Fever", U. S. News and World Report, 15 Jan 1996
- By the 1370s, playing cards had reached Europe in a form that is recognizable today, with a pack consisting of 52 cards with suits of swords, polo-sticks, cups and coins.
- In 1857, Prince Charles III of Monaco decided to introduce gambling to his Mediterranean principality to boost its finances.
- Riverboat casinos were first legalized in Iowa, then Illinois, followed closely by Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
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