California casino may face more obstacles

CALIFORNIA As reported by the Santa Rosa Press Democrat: “Federal regulators are signaling a change in climate for off-reservation casinos that could make it much tougher to build a proposed gambling facility south of Petaluma.

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Thu, March 22nd, 2007

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  • The most significant forms of illegal gambling in the United States are numbers, betting with bookmakers or bookies, and sports pools or sports cards.
  • Legal gambling operations in Washington reported $1.7 billion in net receipts in 2005: 61 percent was reported by tribal casinos, 10 percent came from the state lottery. 2 percent of responders in a February state survey said they placed bets online.
  • The famous banker J.P. Morgan once walked out of a Monte Carlo casino because the stakes were too low? At the time, the maximum wager was 12,000 francs and Morgan wanted it increased to 20,000 francs. When the casino manager refused to increase the limit, Morgan left the casino saying "12,000 francs! I have no time to lose such ridiculous amounts."
  • The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.