Station Casinos planning to build luxury condos

Station Casinos isn’t making much of a fuss over plans to build luxury condos just west of the Strip. According to the Las Vegas Sun, the casino company has quietly been buying homes in a neighborhood just west of Palace Station, near Sahara and I-15.

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Sat, December 30th, 2006

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  • Dog racing (a race among greyhounds who chase after a mechanical rabbit) operates in 17 states. Jai-alai (a game similar to handball) is legal in just three: Connecticut, Florida, and Rhode Island.
  • In 1891, Sittman and Pitt of Brooklyn began to manufacture the first nationally known poker card machines. The machines maintained their enormous popularity until just before World War I.
  • Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931 by Mayme V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming License No. 1.
  • Casino chips were used in the 18th century as a substitute for money being wagered. Originally, they were pieces of bones, mother of pearl or ivory engraved with the name of the casino and their respective value.