Contradictory approach on betting adds to confusion in the US

AMERICAS contradictory impulses towards having a bet were put in sharp relief yesterday by news that private equity firms are planning a multibillion-dollar takeover of the US casino giant Harrahs, just days after the Senate voted to outlaw online gambling.

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Mon, October 2nd, 2006

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  • The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
  • By the 1370s, playing cards had reached Europe in a form that is recognizable today, with a pack consisting of 52 cards with suits of swords, polo-sticks, cups and coins.
  • 1967: Elvis Presley marries Priscilla Anne Beaulieu on May 1 in the chapel of the Aladdin Hotel.
    1970: Binion's Horseshoe casino hosts the first World Series of Poker.
    1971: Female card dealers begin working on the Strip for the first time.
  • Riverboat casinos were first legalized in Iowa, then Illinois, followed closely by Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi.