GOP lawmakers skeptical of Topinka’s casino plan
SPRINGFIELD - Republican Judy Baar Topinka’s support of opening a casino in Chicago is not sitting well with some members of her own party. The GOP gubernatorial candidate’s plan, unveiled Wednesday, goes against long-held Republican opposition to the expansion of gambling in Illinois.
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Interesting gambling facts:
- 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.
- Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931 by Mayme V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming License No. 1.
- The most popular forms of illegal games are "numbers", which is essentially a lottery, and betting with bookies, typically sports betting.
- The second oldest casino hotel resort on the Las Vegas Strip was the Last Frontier and it opened in October of 1942. It had 105 guestrooms and the property was made to look like an old western town. The first casino hotel resort opened just 18 months earlier and was called El Rancho.
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