Casino to fund roads independently
TEMECULA — A new gambling contract between California and the Pechanga Indian Band could also be a high-stakes game for Temecula city government, with the twin possibilities of less money for city roads or funding for a freeway interchange that could help alleviate new traffic from an expanded casino, city officials said Wednesday.
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Gambling history facts:
- In 1978, New Jersey became the second state to legalize casino gambling in an attempt to revitalize the rundown resort area of Atlantic City. The legalization was restricted only to Atlantic City.
- 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.
- The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
- Lotteries, along with their close derivative bingo, are the most popular kinds of gambling. The popularity of lottery games is not limited to state-run lotteries. Indian tribes run lotteries and illegal lotteries still exist.
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