Arrest of Second Major Online Gambling Figure Is a First for State Officials

New York officials arrested the chairman of Sportingbet, an online betting site, in a broadening American attack on Internet gambling.

Thu, September 7th, 2006

1926: Las Vegas gets a regular air service. Western Air Express flies between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City. The airfield later becomes the site for the famous Sahara and Hilton hotels.
1931: Gambling is legalized in Nevada on March 19. Construction begins on the long awaited Hoover Dam.
Las Vegas is a testament of the powerful ability of gambling to foster economic development. Because of gambling, Las Vegas has shown impressive job growth, developed into a major city with a low tax burden that many state and local governments look at with envy.
French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.
Dice games have existed in one form or another for over 2000 years and were originally played with dice fashioned from the knucklebones of sheep.

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