Harrahs Chester started as the dream of a former state rep. Its about to become reality
By ALEX ROSE arose@delcotimes.com For former state Rep. Joseph Lashinger, the advent of harness racing and slot machines in the area is a hard-won victory in a long and tumultuous string of challenges punctuated by incremental advances. Lashinger, whose first foray into gambling came in 1979 with a disastrous plan to allow hotels in the Poconos to install slot machines (”all hell broke loose,” he
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Casino gambling facts:
- 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 first legal lottery in the twentieth century was the New Hampshire Sweepstakes which began on March 12, 1964. Currently 37 states and the District of Columbia operate lotteries.
- 1967: Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Anne Beaulieu on May 1 in the chapel of the Aladdin Hotel.
1970: Binion's Horseshoe casino hosts the first World Series of Poker.
1971: Female card dealers begin working on the Strip for the first time. - People earning $10,000 per year gamble more than twice as much money as people earning $30-40,000 per year. People earning $10,000 per year gamble four times as much money as those making $80,000 or more per year.
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