Crist must play tribal gambling card better than Bush
Unless the Seminoles are trying to corner the untapped alligator market, a mini-casino in a tent in the middle of the Everglades doesn’t seem to make much sense. After all, the tribe already has seven casinos blanketing heavily populated areas from Tampa to Hollywood, including two hugely successful Hard Rock Hotels.Save
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Gambling casinos history:
- In 1980, the American Psychological Association included pathological gambling in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Edition (DSM-III).
- 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. - A nationwide survey by the U.S. Travel Industry Association found that 38% of all U.S. residents have been to Las Vegas in their lifetime. The average length of visitors' stay in Las Vegas was almost 4 days (3.7).
- Horse racing is the best known and widespread parimutuel betting event. Horse racing is the only form of partimutuel wagering legal in California.
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