Governor Vows to Sign Gambling Bill
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Governor Sebelius is expected to sign a bill expanding gambling in Kansas that won Senate approval early Thursday. Sebelius calls the bill’s passage a “historic achievement.”
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Interesting gambling facts:
- Men and women tend to have different preferences in their gambling. Men are more likely to gamble in games such as blackjack and lotteries and women are more likely to engage in bingo and raffles.
- 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. - 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.
- The first recorded betting games were played with marked disks or bones (the forerunners of dice), and spinning wheels or shields.
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