Spokane Tribe reaches gambling deal
SPOKANE — After years of operating casinos in defiance of the law, the Spokane Tribe of Indians has reached a tentative deal with federal and state regulators that also could pave the way for other tribes to expand gambling.
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Casino gambling facts:
- 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.
- By the 18th and 19th centuries a dice game called Hazard had become popular in England and was played by the aristocracy in private gambling houses.
- French mathematician Blaise Pascale is often credited with inventing the roulette wheel as a result of his experiments with perpetual motion machines.
- The Great Wall of China was financed, in part, by a lottery. The Bible is replete with references to drawing lots. Lot casting was a favored means of communication between man and god.
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