Planners aim to prevent ’sin city’ Bethlehem to study zoning changes for area near proposed casino.
When the Bethlehem Planning Commission gets its first look today at a sketch plan for a proposed Sands casino on the South Side, it also will consider zoning law changes that would specifically allow gambling while trying to prevent a sin city from growing up around the slots parlor.
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Interesting gambling information:
- The term "turned the tables" is actually a chess term coming from the mid 1600's. When a player was losing, they would physically turn the chess table to assume the winning side of the table.
- Although baccara has its origins in medieval Italy, it soon spread to France, where it was called "chemin de fer" (meaning railway, due to the action of the card box or shoe passing around the table on "tracks").
- Las Vegas is a testament of the powerful ability of gambling to foster economic development. Because of gambling, Las Vegas has shown impressive job growth, developed into a major city with a low tax burden that many state and local governments look at with envy.
- The first airplane flight to Las Vegas was made in May, 1920, with Lieutenant Randall Henderson, editor of the Blythe, California Herald, and Jack Beckley.
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