Michael Riddy: There’s nothing sinister about our casinos’ Labour link-up
Response: We are socially responsible; and we’ll be sponsoring a Tory conference meeting too, says Michael Riddy.
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Gambling history facts:
- 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.
- The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
- 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.
- The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.
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