Gambling expanion passes through Senate
State Senate passes the Kansas Expanded Lottery Act on Thursday to approve the construction of state-owned casinos with 2,200 slot machines. The two previous gambling bills failed in the Senate.
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- Senate passes statewide smoking ban
- Iowa casino vote bill passes Senate
- Senate passes gambling in bars bill
- Senate passes gambling reform bill
- Gambling bill passes Florida Senate
- Slot machine bill passes Florida Senate
- Bill for casinos, slots passes House; awaits Senate vote.
- Iowa Senate Passes Bill To Eliminate Casino Votes
- U.S. House Passes Internet Gambling Bill
- Senate passes bill to eliminate casino votes
- State Senate Passes Casino Smoking Ban
Interesting gambling facts:
- Gambling is Often Legalized to Promote Economic Development of Depressed Areas. That was an important motivation in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New Jersey, and many of the other locales for casinos.
- Although the Greeks had a profound understanding of mathematics they had no concept of probability, and assumed that the outcome of games of chance was due to the will of the gods.
- Gambling became legalized in Vegas in 1931 by Mayme V. Stocker and J.H. Morgan who was issued Clark County Gaming License No. 1.
- Baccara (Italian) or baccarat (French) both translate to "zero" in English. The importance of this name is found in the tens and face cards, both sharing the zero value.
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