Lawmakers Bicker Over Video Gambling

The governing and opposition parties, which held a plenary session of the National Assemblys Culture and Tourism Committee Monday, fought fiercely over issues, including the process of licensing addictive arcade gambling game machines dubbed Bada Iyagi (The Sea Story), suspicions of lobbying the process in designating gift certificate-issuing companies for video games, and alleged retaliatory

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Mon, August 21st, 2006

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Interesting gambling facts:

  • Up to the 1960s, Nevada was plagued by teamster financing, hidden ownership, employment of individuals of questionable character and background, and the clear links to organized crime.
  • 1946: Two famous landmarks open: Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo, and the Golden Nugget. Nevada levies its first gaming tax.
    1949: Benny Binion sets up a high-stakes poker game at his Horseshoe casino between Nick "The Greek" Dandalos and Johnny Moss. It turns into an epic five-month poker match, laying the foundations for the World Series of Poker.
  • The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.
  • At a land-based casino, if your slot machine is malfunctioning, you won't get paid if you win the jackpot! All slot machines have this written on them but many players are not aware of this policy. The casinos have a device which lets them know if a slot machine is malfunctioning or if it's been tinkered with. Your best bet is to stop playing at it and try another.