State keeping eye on casino hiring

PLAINS TWP. Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner is sending a message to the states fledgling casino industry make sure your hiring practices match the goals of the 2004 legislation that enabled slot-machine gambling at up to 14 sites around the state.

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Thu, January 11th, 2007

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Interesting gambling facts:

  • The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
  • 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.
  • It was during the 1930's that slot machines began to become very popular across America, and in the late 40's Bugsy Siegel added machines to his Flamingo Hilton hotel in Las Vegas.
  • 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.