Expedited AG opinion on casino vote sought
The Jackson County Board of Supervisors on Friday asked the Mississippi Attorney General’s Office to issue an expedited opinion on whether it can call a non-binding referendum on a proposed tribal casino near Ocean Springs.
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Gambling casinos history:
- The current wave of legal lotteries started in New Hampshire, spread to other North-Eastern states, and then across the nation.
- In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
- Las Vegas is a testament of the powerful ability of gambling to foster economic development. Because of gambling, Las Vegas has shown impressive job growth, developed into a major city with a low tax burden that many state and local governments look at with envy.
- The term "turned the tables" is actually a chess term coming from the mid 1600's. When a player was losing, they would physically turn the chess table to assume the winning side of the table.
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