Slots suppliers, dealt out, want their ante back
They paid thousands to get licenses, then change in law erased their value. | Pennsylvania slot machine suppliers told lawmakers Tuesday they want to be repaid the hundreds of thousands of dollars they spent for licenses to do business in the state.
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Casino gambling information:
- In 1911, the state of California ruled that "draw" poker was a skill, and thus could not be banned under existing anti-gambling laws. However, "Stud" poker was still considered illegal at the time.
- In 1973, the Commission on the Review of National Policy toward Gambling was created to study gambling in the United States.
- In 1891, Sittman and Pitt of Brooklyn began to manufacture the first nationally known poker card machines. The machines maintained their enormous popularity until just before World War I.
- The word Casino originally meant a public hall for music and dancing. By the second half of the 19th century, the term essentially meant a collection of gaming or gambling rooms. The classic example of a casino, is the casino at Monte-Carlo, which was opened in 1861.
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