Another view on casino pact
Buffalo’s fiscal watchdog is prodding Mayor Byron W. Brown to sign an agreement that turns over part of Fulton Street to the Seneca Nation of Indians so it can build a “destination” casino, claiming the pact is a “great deal.”
Related Gambling News:
- YOUR VIEW: A bad time to negotiate casino pact
- Casino pact with tribe passes handily in Monroe
- News: Indiana riverboat casinos spend millions on upgrades
- Expansion for bingo-style slots planned at Valley View Casino
- View to a spill
- Valley View Casino To Add Bingo-Style Slot Machines
- Pending pact for new casino will be facing uphill battle
- Innovative casino pact in jeopardy
- Bruce Hotel and Casino to Re-Open Under the Name Miramar
- Ad Watch: Casino pact opponents targeted
- Local contractors, unions, differ on casino labor pact
- Jamul downsizes casino plans
Interesting gambling facts:
- Playing cards are believed to have been invented in China and/or India sometime around 900 A.D. The Chinese are thought to have originated card games when they began shuffling paper money (another Chinese invention) into various combinations.
- Poker is derived from the Persian game of "as nar" and was probably based on the dice game "tali", which was played by the Romans.
- In 1980, the American Psychological Association included pathological gambling in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III).
- In 1857, Prince Charles III of Monaco decided to introduce gambling to his Mediterranean principality to boost its finances.
RSS feed
