Casino Operators See A Safe Bet

Chinese Territory Positioned To Become A Gambling Capital, Developers Say Thousands of gamblers crowded into American billionaire Stephen Wynn’s new $1.2 billion casino resort today in Macau - the Chinese territory that may soon unseat the Las Vegas Strip as the world’s most profitable gambling capital.

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Wed, September 6th, 2006

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  • The word Casino originally meant a public hall for music and dancing. By the second half of the 19th century, the term essentially meant a collection of gaming or gambling rooms. The classic example of a casino, is the casino at Monte-Carlo, which was opened in 1861.
  • Dog racing (a race among greyhounds who chase after a mechanical rabbit) operates in 17 states. Jai-alai (a game similar to handball) is legal in just three: Connecticut, Florida, and Rhode Island.
  • Massachusetts decriminalized bingo in 1931 in an attempt to help churches and charitable organizations raise money. Bingo was legal in 11 states by the 1950s, usually only for charity purposes.
  • The most popular form of charitable gambling is bingo. In California, bingo is the only charitable game that is legal.