Video gambling long a fixture of bars, bingo halls, lodges
MUNCIE — Bars. Bingo parlors. Fraternal lodges. Even a pizza joint. All have been home in recent years to video gambling machines in East Central Indiana.
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Gambling history facts:
- 1946: Two famous landmarks open: Bugsy Siegel's Flamingo, and the Golden Nugget. Nevada levies its first gaming tax.
1949: Benny Binion sets up a high-stakes poker game at his Horseshoe casino between Nick "The Greek" Dandalos and Johnny Moss. It turns into an epic five-month poker match, laying the foundations for the World Series of Poker. - The MGM Grand, situated on the a Las Vegas strip has come up with a brand new slogan to promote the casino, "Think of all the New Year's resolutions you'll break." Some say it might even rival the famous Las Vegas catchphrase, "What happens here, stays here."
- Indian tribes have used their position as sovereign entities to develop a number of gaming establishments. Indian casinos operate in 22 states. This number is expected to grow.
- In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
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