New Push For Casino Gambling Begins As Legislative Session Gets Underway
(January 20, 2007)–Billboards and TV ads beckon Texans to casinos in Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexico. But anti-gambling forces have repeatedly blocked casinos or any semblance of casinos in the conservative Lone Star State.
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Gambling history facts:
- Blackjack originated in French casinos around the 1700's where it was called "vingt-et-un" (twenty-and-one) and has been in United States since the 1800's.
- 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).
- Keno, the casino version of lotto, originated in China nearly 2000 years ago when Cheung Heung devised a lottery as a way of raising funds for his province's army.
- Riverboat casinos were first legalized in Iowa, then Illinois, followed closely by Missouri, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi.
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