Agua Caliente Gambling Deal Rejected
SACRAMENTO, California As reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune: “In a stunning defeat for one of the state’s most powerful Indian tribes, the Assembly last night soundly rejected a lucrative new gambling agreement for the Agua Caliente band of Palm Springs.
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Interesting gambling facts:
- Casino chips were used in the 18th century as a substitute for money being wagered. Originally, they were pieces of bones, mother of pearl or ivory engraved with the name of the casino and their respective value.
- In Paris, legislation prohibiting playing cards was passed in 1377, and in Italy, playing cards and dice were burned.
- Legal gambling operations in Washington reported $1.7 billion in net receipts in 2005: 61 percent was reported by tribal casinos, 10 percent came from the state lottery. 2 percent of responders in a February state survey said they placed bets online.
- 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.
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