Gateway Casinos Income Fund: United Food and Commercial Workers on Strike at Palace Casino
BURNABY, BRITISH COLUMBIA– - Gateway Casinos Income Fund announced today that further to its press release dated September 6, 2006, the United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 401 , which represents the employees of the Palace Casino in Edmonton, Alberta, began strike action at the casino as of 9:00am on September 9, 2006.
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Gambling casinos info:
- 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.
- The famous banker J.P. Morgan once walked out of a Monte Carlo casino because the stakes were too low? At the time, the maximum wager was 12,000 francs and Morgan wanted it increased to 20,000 francs. When the casino manager refused to increase the limit, Morgan left the casino saying "12,000 francs! I have no time to lose such ridiculous amounts."
- The age of electronic games began in 1964 with the Nevada Electronic's solid state "21" machines. The most successful of these was the Dale Electronics' Poker-Matic, which could be found in most Nevada casinos.
- 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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