Betting on Philadelphia: Tribe sees a big prize in a riverfront casino
In the 17th century, ancestors of the Pequot Tribal Nation lost their position as the dominant culture along New England’s Atlantic Coast. Today, the Pequots - now owners of the world’s largest casino - aim to secure a position along Philadelphia’s Delaware riverfront to build a $560 million slots palace.Save
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Gambling casinos history:
- 1951: On September 4, Frank Sinatra makes his Vegas debut, performing in the Crystal Room at the Desert Inn.
1959: Wayne Newton performs in Vegas for the first time, despite the fact that he is still too young to enter a casino. - 1941: The Strip gets its first luxury hotel. El Rancho Vegas sets the trend for many of the themed resorts that sprout along the Strip in later years.
1942: The first wedding chapel, the Little Church of the West, opens on the Strip in the Last Frontier Hotel. - Gambling is defined by the Webster's New World Dictionary as the following: to play games of chance for money or some other stake, or to take a risk in order to gain some advantage.
- In 1911, the state of California ruled that "draw" poker was a skill, and thus could not be banned under existing anti-gambling laws. However, "Stud" poker was still considered illegal at the time.
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