Casinos bet big on Gulf’s rebirth

BILOXI, Miss. - Beau Rivage Resort and Casino, once the crown jewel of Mississippis Gulf Coast gaming industry, reopened for business Tuesday on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrinas landfall. Under sunny skies and a light Gulf breeze, hundreds of the casinos 3,800 employees - 400 more than before Katrina - lined up along the front entrance for a reopening ceremony that included

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Wed, August 30th, 2006

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Do you know that:

  • The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
  • Casino is defined by the Webster's New World Dictionary as the following: a small country house, or a building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, gaming, or a game at cards.
  • 1993: Steve Wynn buys the Dune Hotel, then implodes it to make way for the Bellagio. The new MGM Grand is completed, once again becoming the world's largest hotel. On December 31, Barbra Streisand stars in the inaugural concert at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
  • Baccara (Italian) or baccarat (French) both translate to "zero" in English. The importance of this name is found in the tens and face cards, both sharing the zero value.