Casino reopens in Gulfport on Monday
The Island View Casino opens Monday on the former site of the Grand Casino as gambling returns to Gulfport after Hurricane Katrina. The casino has been using an aggressive marketing campaign to make gamblers aware of the opening.
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- Miss. casino gets OK to build in Grand’s Oasis Hotel
- Gulfport backs inland casinos
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- Coast casinos to state plans
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.
- Riverboat Gaming Has Captured 20% of the Casino Market Share. Mississippi now has more gambling square footage than Atlantic City.
- Keno, the casino version of lotto, originated in China nearly 2000 years ago when Cheung Heung devised a lottery as a way of raising funds for his province's army.
- 1994: On New Year's Day Frank Sinatra gives his last Las Vegas performance at the MGM Grand.
1998: Opening of the Bellagio. With 3,026 rooms it is the largest hotel in the world, and also the most expensive - it cost $1.7 billion to build.
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