Topinka proposes Chicago casino as part of her budget plan

ELMHURST, Ill. (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Judy Baar Topinka proposed on Wednesday building a casino in Chicago and adding additional gaming spots at the state’s nine riverboat casinos as part of her budget proposal.

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Wed, August 23rd, 2006

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  • In 1857, Prince Charles III of Monaco decided to introduce gambling to his Mediterranean principality to boost its finances.
  • Blackjack originated in French casinos around the 1700's where it was called "vingt-et-un" (twenty-and-one) and has been in United States since the 1800's.
  • 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.
  • The most significant forms of illegal gambling in the United States are numbers, betting with bookmakers or bookies, and sports pools or sports cards.